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六“six” Kanjimutsu / roku

How to write 六

Meaning and readings

Meaning

six, 6

Onyomi (音読み)

  • ろく roku

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

  • む(つ) mu(tsu)
  • むい mui

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 六

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

  1. もうすぐ六ろく時じになります。

    It's almost six o'clock.

    六 (ろく)

  2. 今年ことしの六月ろくがつはあまり雨あめの日ひがなかった。

    There were not many rainy days in June this year.

    六月 (ろくがつ)

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  3. 今日きょうは、二に千せん十じゅう六ろく年ねん十一月じゅういちがつ二に十じゅう三さん日にちです。

    Today is 23 November 2016.

    六 (ろく)

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