Kanji 六 — "Six"
Here is what 六 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Six" stick.
How it is read
ろく
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
むっつ
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
The number Eight is wearing a Top Hat because it's disguising itself as Six!
- ⼇ Top Hat
This is a Top Hat because it has a part in the middle that sticks up at the top. Try picking it up and wearing it.
- 八 Eight
Component number Eight looks like two legs stretched straight out.
Words that use 六
3 of 3 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 六 ろく six
- 六つ むっつ six things
- 六日 むいか 6th day, 6 days
Want 六 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
