六 means “six”

ろく · roku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

む, むつ, むっつ, むい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ロク, リク

JLPT N5 · Taught in grade 1 · 4 strokes

The story

Six sides of a snowflake, six faces of a die: the geometry of chance and winter beauty.

Used in names like Roku, a famous Japanese streaming company

Its parts

• 亠 Lid/top · Top
• 八 Eight/divide · Bottom

A lid (亠) over a split (八): six

More from Ancient Counting

• 七 seven
• 八 eight
• 九 nine
• 十 ten
• 百 hundred
• 千 thousand
• 万 ten thousand
• 半 half
• 零 zero
• 数 number
• 一番 first
• 年 year

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.