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Meaning of 六

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Pinyin: liù
English Definition: six; 6
Chinese Definition:
①数名,五加一(在钞票或单据上常用大写“陆”代):六书(古时分析汉字形、音、义而归纳出来的六种造字法)。六甲。六艺(a。古时指“礼”、“乐”、“射”、“御”、“书”、“数”六种技艺;b。六经)。六欲(佛教名词,指“色欲”、“形貌欲”、“威仪姿态欲”、“言语音声欲”、“细滑欲”、“人想欲”;泛指人的各种欲望)。六合(“东”、“南”、“西”、“北”、“上”、“下”,用以指天地和宇宙)。六亲(较早是指“父”、“母”、“妻”、“子”、“兄”、“弟”;泛指所有亲属)。六经(六种儒家经典,即《诗》、《书》、《易》、《礼》、《乐》、《春秋》)。六畜(六种家畜,指“猪”、“牛”、“羊”、“马”、“鸡”、“狗”)。六朝(cháo)(“吴”、“东晋”、“宋”、“齐”、“梁”、“陈”,先后建都于建康,即今中国江苏省南京市,后又泛称“南北朝”)。六腑(中医指“胃”、“胆”、“大肠”、“小肠”、“膀胱”、“三焦”)。六言诗。六弦琴。
②中国古代乐谱的记音符号,相当于简谱“5”。
Total strokes: 4; Radical:
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ tóu ] lid, cover; head
    • [ ] eight; all around, all sides
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Example Words
六月 liù yuè June; sixth month (of the lunar year)
五颜六色 yán liù multi-colored; every color under the sun
六朝 liù cháo Six Dynasties (220-589)
五脏六腑 zàng liù five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
六亲不认 liù qīn rèn not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
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Example Sentences
1
My daughter is six years old.
2
My younger brother is six years old this year.
3
My office is on the sixth floor.
4
She gets up at six every day.
5
He will be sixty years old next year.