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.
今天是六月一日。
jīn tiān shì liù yuè yī rì。
Today is June first.
这道题的答案等于六。
zhè dào tí de dá àn děng yú liù。
The answer to this problem equals six.
Words with 六
五脏六腑
wǔ zàng liù fǔ
five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
六方会谈
liù fāng huì tán
Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia
第六感
dì liù gǎn
sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
六盘山
liù pán shān
Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China
马六甲
mǎ liù jiǎ
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
六家
liù jiā
Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])
六艺
liù yì
the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4])
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)