Word Meaning 十六

じゅうろく juuroku

十六 is read as じゅうろく (juuroku) and means 16.

Meaning

English

  1. 16
  2. sixteen

Reading

Kana

じゅうろく

Romaji

juuroku

Writing Variants

  • 16 じゅうろく juuroku
  • 一六 じゅうろく juuroku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 13677 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

十六茶

じゅうろくちゃ

Jūrokucha (blended tea drink)

素十六

すじろく

scoring combination consisting of sixteen 1-point cards

六十

むそ

sixty

六十の三つ子

ろくじゅうのみつご

an old man is twice a child

六十四分音符

ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ

64th note

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

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)

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)

六十余州

ろくじゅうよしゅう

66-odd provinces of old Japan

Example Sentences

6

I am sixteen years old.

Mary is thirty-six years old.

Today is 23 November 2016.

Tom and Mary live on a farm and have 16 children.

Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.

Momoko counted the marbles: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten" and then went silent. When her mother continued with "eleven, twelve, thirteen," she happily picked up with "fourteen, fifteen, sixteen."