Word Meaning 六曜

ろくよう rokuyou

六曜 is read as ろくよう (rokuyou) and means Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is.

Meaning

English

Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is

Reading

Kana

ろくよう

Romaji

rokuyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 126133 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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六分

ろっぷん

six minutes

六方

ろっぽう

hexagonal

六体

りくたい

the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

六道四生

ろくどうししょう

four kinds of birth in the six destinies

六知事

ろくちじ

six administrators of a Zen temple

六道

りくどう

the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)

六朝

りくちょう

Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen)

六つ切り

むつぎり

dividing something into six pieces

六十の手習い

ろくじゅうのてならい

beginning to learn (something) when one is old

六親

ろくしん

the six blood relations

六味

ろくみ

rokumi-gan (patent medicine)

六花

りっか

snow