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liù
1. six
2. 6
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

Compound Words (20)

六邪
liùxié
(TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind [[風|风<fēng>]], cold [[寒<hán>]], heat [[暑<shǔ>]], damp [[濕|湿<shī>]], dryness [[燥<zào>]], fire [[火<huǒ>]]
六陈
liùchén
food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
六腑
liùfǔ
(TCM) six bowels (hollow organs), namely: gall bladder [[膽|胆<dǎn>]], stomach [[胃<wèi>]], large intestine [[大腸|大肠<dàcháng>]], small intestine [[小腸|小肠<xiǎocháng>]], triple focus [[三焦<sānjiāo>]], bladder [[膀胱<pángguāng>]]
六韬
Liùtāo
“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China [[武經七書|武经七书<WǔjīngQīshū>]], attributed to Jiang Ziya [[薑子牙|姜子牙<JiāngZǐyá>]]
六脚
Liùjiǎo
Liujiao or Liuchiao township in Chiayi county [[嘉義縣|嘉义县<Jiāyìxiàn>]], west Taiwan
六龟
Liùguī
Liugui or Liukuei township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
六甲
Liùjiǎ
Liuchia township in Tainan county [[台南縣|台南县<Táinánxiàn>]], Taiwan
六艺
LiùYì
the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette [[禮|礼<lǐ>]] ([[禮儀|礼仪<lǐyí>]]), music [[樂|乐<yuě>]] ([[音樂|音乐<yīnyuè>]]), archery [[射<shè>]] ([[射箭<shèjiàn>]]), charioteering [[御<yù>]] ([[駕車|驾车<jiàchē>]]), calligraphy or literacy [[書|书<shū>]] ([[識字|识字<shízì>]]), mathematics or reckoning [[數|数<shù>]] ([[計算|计算<jìsuàn>]])
斗六
Dǒuliù
Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county [[雲林縣|云林县<Yúnlínxiàn>]], Taiwan
六亲
liùqīn
six close relatives, namely: father [[父<fù>]], mother [[母<mǔ>]], older brothers [[兄<xiōng>]], younger brothers [[弟<dì>]], wife [[妻<qī>]], male children [[子<zǐ>]]
六淫
liùyín
(TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind [[風|风<fēng>]], cold [[寒<hán>]], heat [[暑<shǔ>]], damp [[濕|湿<shī>]], dryness [[燥<zào>]], fire [[火<huǒ>]]
六家
liùjiā
Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by [[司馬談|司马谈<SīmǎTán>]] ([[儒家<Rújiā>]], [[道家<Dàojiā>]], [[陰陽|阴阳<yīnyáng>]], [[法家<Fǎjiā>]], [[名家<Míngjiā>]], and [[墨家<Mòjiā>]])
六库
Liùkù
Liuku or Lutku, capital of Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture [[怒江傈僳族自治州]] in Yunnan
周六
Zhōuliù
Saturday
六方
liùfāng
hexagonal
六角
liùjiǎo
hexagon
六神
liùshén
six vital organs of the body ruled by the six Daoist deities: heart [[心<xīn>]], lungs [[肺<fèi>]], liver [[肝<gān>]], kidneys [[腎|肾<shèn>]], spleen [[脾<pí>]] and gall bladder [[膽|胆<dǎn>]]
六书
liùshū
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen [[說文|说文]] - namely, two primary methods: [[象形]] (pictogram), [[指事]] (ideogram), two compound methods: [[會意|会意]] (combined ideogram), [[形聲|形声]] (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: [[假借]] (loan), [[轉注|转注]] (transfer)
六月
Liùyuè
June
六合
liùhé
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down)

Example Sentences (4)

六点多。
Liù diǎn duō.
A little after six.
Text 1
我每天六点起床。
Wǒ měi tiān liù diǎn qǐ chuáng.
I get up at six every day.
Text 1
六点三十分。
liù diǎn sānshí fēn.
Six thirty.
Text 2
六个多月。
Liù gè duō yuè.
More than six months.
Text 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
477
Word Frequency Rank
925 of 84,292