六
- How to read in Japanese
- ロク - roku
- リク - riku
- む - mu
- むい - mui
- むつ - mutsu
- むっつ - muttsu
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“ six (六), six days (六日), six (六つ) ”
“ six (六), six days (六日), six (六つ) ”
Examples
六
roku
six
六日
muika
six days
六つ
muttsu
six
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| ロク | roku | |
| 六歳(六才) | rokusai | 6 years old |
| 六十 | rokujuu | sixty |
| 六人 | rokuninn | 6 people |
| リク | riku | |
| 六書 | rikusho | One of the kanji classification methods such as hieroglyphs (象形), gestures (指事), meditations (会意), voices (形声), transfers (転注), temporary borrowing (仮借) |
| む | mu | |
| 二四六九士 | nishimukusamurai | A mnemonic for remembering the months without 31 days. The sound is the same as the meaning of "a samurai is facing west (西向く侍(士))". 二月 = Feb.,四月 = Apr., 六月 = Jun., 九月 = Sep. "Samurai" is also written as 士, and it looks like 十 + 一 = 十一 = Nov. |
| むい | mui | |
| 六日 | muika | six days; sixth day of the month |
| むつ | mutsu | |
| 六つ子 | mutsugo | sextuplets; six chidren born at one birth |
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