Words
Words with 六
Kanji 六, meaning six, appears in 201 Japanese vocabulary entries.
六境
ろっきょう
six objective fields of the senses (shape and colour, sound, scent, flavour, physical feeling, and mental presentation)
六公四民
ろくこうよんみん
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
六三制
ろくさんせい
six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)
六識
ろくしき
six consciousnesses (i.e. functions of the six sense organs: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and reasoning)
六十六部
ろくじゅうろくぶ
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
六神丸
ろくしんがん
pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine
六体
りくたい
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
六調子
ろくちょうし
six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)
六道
りくどう
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
六府
ろっぷ
the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)
六文銭
ろくもんせん
crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)