六
liù
six
6
a picture of 六 → six
Six has ancient pictographic origins — the character's shape evolved over centuries and doesn't literally decompose into 亠 and 八 with semantic meaning. The components here are structural artifacts of that evolution, not logical building blocks.
Words with 六
六角
liù jiǎo
hexagon
周六
zhōu liù
Saturday
过五关斩六将
guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)
马六甲
mǎ liù jiǎ
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
马六甲海峡
mǎ liù jiǎ hǎi xiá
Strait of Malacca
一推六二五
yī tuī liù èr wǔ
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)
一退六二五
yī tuì liù èr wǔ
see 一推六二五[yi1 tui1 liu4 er4 wu3]
七情六欲
qī qíng liù yù
(idiom) various emotions and desires
三十六字母
sān shí liù zì mǔ
thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
三十六计
sān shí liù jì
all the possible schemes and stratagems
三十六计，走为上策
sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè
of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom)
三十六计，走为上计
sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng jì
see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4]