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Information of 六
Pinyin
liù、 lù
Radical
八
Strokes
4 strokes
Usage
★★★★★
Definition
six / 6
六 [liù]
1. Number, representing five plus one (often written as “陆” in uppercase on bills or documents).
数名，五加一（在钞票或单据上常用大写“陆”代）。
2. In ancient Chinese musical notation, a symbol equivalent to the simplified notation "5".
中国古代乐谱的记音符号，相当于简谱“5”。
- 六书 (liù shū): Ancient methods of analyzing Chinese characters, categorizing them into six types.
- 六甲 (liù jiǎ): (Reference to six types, historically referring to "father", "mother", "wife", "child", "brother", "younger brother".)
- 六艺 (liù yì): (i.e., six arts: "ritual", "music", "archery", "equestrianism", "writing", "mathematics"; also refers to the Six Classics.)
- 六欲 (liù yù): (A Buddhist term referring to various human desires, including visual, bodily, behavioral, auditory, tactile, and thought desires.)
- 六合 (liù hé): The directions "East", "South", "West", "North", "Up", "Down", representing heaven and earth.
- 六亲 (liù qīn): Generally refers to all relatives, originally signifying "father", "mother", "wife", "child", "brother", "younger brother".
- 六经 (liù jīng): Refers to the six Confucian classics, namely "Book of Songs", "Book of Documents", "Book of Changes", "Book of Rites", "Book of Music", and "Spring and Autumn Annals".
- 六畜 (liù chù): Refers to six domestic animals: "pig", "cow", "sheep", "horse", "chicken", "dog".
- 六朝 (liù cháo): Refers to the six dynasties that established their capitals in Jian Kang, modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, and is broadly used to refer to the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
- 六腑 (liù fǔ): In Traditional Chinese Medicine, refers to "stomach", "gallbladder", "large intestine", "small intestine", "bladder", "san jiao".
- 六言诗 (liù yán shī): Six-character poetry.
- 六弦琴 (liù xián qín): Six-stringed zither.
3. (In the context of I Ching) In the hexagrams, the Yin line is called "six".
中国古代乐谱的记音符号，相当于简谱“5”。
4. Six times.
六次 ([En.] six)
6. （Other meanings）
a. (as a note of the scale in gongchipu) ([En.] a note of the scale on gongchipu)
b. Ancient country name ([En.] Liu state) located north of today's Liu'an, Anhui Province.
c. Surname.
d. See also lù.
1. 〔刘安〕: A place name in Liu'an, Anhui Province, China.
〔安合〕: A place name in Jiangsu Province, China.
6 [lù]
1. Ancient country name ([En.] Lu state), with the old capital located in modern Liu'an, Anhui Province.
古国名 ([En.] Lu state)。故城在今安徽省六安县北
2. Ancient county name ([En.] Lu county), located in present-day Liu'an County, Anhui Province.
古县名 ([En.] Lu county)。在今安徽省六安县
3. To see also liù.
另见 lù.
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
Input Method for 六
Pinyin
liu4
Wubi
uygy
Cangjie
yc
Zhengma
sovv
Four Corner
00800
Unicode
U+516d
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