Word Meaning 六韜三略

りくとうさんりゃく rikutousanryaku

六韜三略 is read as りくとうさんりゃく (rikutousanryaku) and means The Six Secret Teachings and The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (two ancient Chinese military treatises).

Meaning

English

  1. The Six Secret Teachings and The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (two ancient Chinese military treatises)
  2. secrets (of the art of war, etc.)
  3. mysteries

Reading

Kana

りくとうさんりゃく

Romaji

rikutousanryaku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Yojijukugo Rank 148556 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

六波羅攻略

ろくはらこうりゃく

Battle of Rokuhara (Genkō War; 1333)

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)

六十の三つ子

ろくじゅうのみつご

an old man is twice a child

韜略

とうりゃく

strategy

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

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)

ろく

six