六 – six

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The kanji 六 means six. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ロク、リク (roku, riku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is む、む.つ、むっ.つ、むい (mu, mutsu, muttsu, mui). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 八 (no. 12).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ロク	roku
On’yomi	リク	riku
Kun’yomi	む	mu
Kun’yomi	む.つ	mutsu
Kun’yomi	むっ.つ	muttsu
Kun’yomi	むい	mui

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 八 (Kangxi radical 12). Components: ハ・亠.

Words using 六

六ろくsix六日むいか6th day of the month六つむっつsix

Example sentences

私は毎朝六時に起きます。

I get up at six every morning.

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Kanji with the same radical

八公共兵具典兼

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