Kanji

六

six

Kanji

Grade

Grade 1

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

八部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ロク, リク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

む, むつ, むっつ, むい

Nanori (Name Reading)

む, むつ

Common Readings

ロク, む, むい, むっ…つ, む…つ

Example sentences

ろく
六人 子供 います

He has six children.

毎朝 まいあさ
毎朝 起きます

I wake up at six every morning.

十六 じゅうろく
彼女 十六 プロ 歌手 なった

She became a professional singer at the age of sixteen.

六十 ろくじゅう
祖父 今年 六十 なります

My grandfather will be sixty years old this year.

幕府 ばくふ
江戸 幕府 二百 六十 にわたって 日本 統治 した

The Edo Shogunate ruled Japan for 260 years.

六時 ろくじ
六時 起きて 散歩 する 日課

It is my daily routine to wake up at six in the morning and go for a walk.

はん
六時 待ち合わせ しましょう

Let's meet at the station at 6:30.

六つ むっつ
引き出し リンゴ 六つ ある

There are six apples in the drawer.

六月 ろくがつ
日本 六月 よく 降ります

It rains a lot in June in Japan.

遯月 とんげつ
遯月 由来 する 六月 別名 である

'Tongetsu' is an alias for June in the lunar calendar, derived from the hexagram 'Ton' in the I Ching.

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