Kanji 六 Words: Meanings and Readings

Edo period to early Meiji non-working day falling on all days of the month with a 1 or a 6 in it (when written in kanji numerals, i.e. the 1st, 11th, 16th, 21st and 26th days of the month)

花六

はなろく

rabbity six (standard dead shape in go)

絵双六

えすごろく

sugoroku

九六

くんろく

ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank

五胡十六国

ごこじゅうろっこく

Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE)

五行六信

ごぎょうろくしん

the five pillars of Islam and six articles of faith

五臓六腑

ごぞうろっぷ

the five viscera and the six internal organs

才六

ぜいろく

person from Kansai

才六

さいろく

person from Kansai

三十六歌仙

さんじゅうろっかせん

the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)

三十六計

さんじゅうろっけい

the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)

三十六計逃げるにしかず

さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

三十六字母

さんじゅうろくじぼ

36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)

三面六臂

さんめんろっぴ

rush of business

四・一六事件

しいちろくじけん

April 16 incident (arrests of communists and members of other anti-government groups; 1929)

四公六民

しこうろくみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

四分六

しぶろく

six to four ratio

四六判

しろくばん

shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm)

週六日

しゅうむいか

six days a week

十六進

じゅうろくしん

hexadecimal

十六進法

じゅうろくしんほう

hexadecimal

十六打ち

じゅうろくうち

16-strand braided (rope)

十六茶

じゅうろくちゃ

Jūrokucha (blended tea drink)

十六分音符

じゅうろくぶおんぷ

sixteenth note

十六夜

いざよい

sixteen-day-old moon

十六羅漢

じゅうろくらかん

the sixteen arhats

宿六

やどろく

husband

助六

すけろく

inari and maki sushi served together

小六

しょうろく

sixth year of elementary school

上方才六

かみがたざいろく

people from Kansai

上方贅六

かみがたぜいろく

people from Kansai

丈六

じょうろく

one jō and six shaku (4.85m)

甚六

じんろく

dunce

星型六角形

ほしがたろっかくけい

hexagram

正六面体

せいろくめんたい

regular hexahedron

千六本

せろっぽう

julienne (esp. of daikon)

素十六

すじゅうろく

scoring combination consisting of sixteen 1-point cards

双六

すぐろく

race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track)

双六盤

すごろくばん

ban-sugoroku board (usu. wooden)

総領の甚六

そうりょうのじんろく

first born, least clever

第六

だいろく

sixth

第六感

だいろっかん

the sixth sense

第六天

だいろくてん

sixth heaven (of the desire realm)

単六

たんろく

AAAA battery

単六型

たんろくがた

AAAA size (battery)

南斗六星

なんとろくせい

Milk Dipper

南都六宗

なんとろくしゅう

six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

二・二六事件

ににろくじけん

February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936)

二四六九士

にしむくさむらい

nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

二六

にじゅうろく

2am

二六時中

にろくじちゅう

night and day

日本二十六聖人

にほんにじゅうろくせいじん

Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan

八面六臂

はちめんろっぴ

competent in all fields

盤すごろく

ばんすごろく

ban-sugoroku

富嶽三十六景

ふがくさんじゅうろっけい

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)

兵六玉

ひょうろくだま

nincompoop

平行六面体

へいこうろくめんたい

parallelepiped

暮れ六つ

くれむつ

around 6pm

明け六つ

あけむつ

the sixth hour of the morning

六

リィウ

six

六・三・三・四制

ろくさんさんよんせい

six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)