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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

93 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: six

Kunyomi: む, む.つ, むっ.つ, むい

Onyomi: ロク, リク

Composition: 亠 八

六

Radical

Radical: 八

Reading: はち

Meaning: eight

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

六時(ろくじ)   6 o'clock

六才(ろくさい)   6 years old

六番目(ろくばんめ)   6th

六月(ろくがつ)   June

六本(ろっぽん)   6 (long cylindrical objects)

六百(ろっぴゃく)   600

六つ(むっつ)   6 (pieces)

六日(むいか)   6 days, 6th of the month

Onyomi Examples

六 (ロク) six, 6

6月 (ロクガツ) June, sixth month of the lunar calendar

十六 (ジュウロク) sixteen, 16

才六 (サイロク) kid, brat, person from Kansai

六官 (リクカン) six ministries (of Zhou dynasty China)

六気 (ロッキ) yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, light, cold, heat, dryness, dampness, wind, fire, six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate)

Kunyomi Examples

六 (ろく) six, 6

難しい (むずかしい) difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky

六つ (むっつ) six, six years of age, six o'clock (old time system)

難しい (むずかしい) difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky

六つ (むっつ) six, six years of age, six o'clock (old time system)

6日 (むいか) 6th day of the month, six days

六日間戦争 (むいかかんせんそう) Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967), Third Arab-Israeli War

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