Word Meaning 一六

いちろく ichiroku

一六 is read as いちろく (ichiroku) and means (rolling) a 1 and a 6 (with two dice).

Meaning

English

  1. (rolling) a 1 and a 6 (with two dice)
  2. 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)
  3. dice gambling
  4. (armed) robbery
  5. mugging

Reading

Kana

いちろく

Romaji

ichiroku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 5 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 98012 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一天地六

いってんちろく

die

一六日

いちろくび

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)

一六勝負

いちろくしょうぶ

gambling

一六銀行

いちろくぎんこう

pawnshop

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)

一人

ひとり

one person

一人前

ひとりまえ

adult

一人一人

ひとりびとり

each (person)

一日

いちじつ

1st day of the month

一日

いっぴ

1st day of the month

一時

いっとき

two-hour period

ひとつ

(not) even