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  *六* | 六* | *六
six / 6
HSK 1
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
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  *六* | 六* | *六
used in place names
hexagonal close-packed (HCP) (math.)
sixteen / 16
(TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽|胆, stomach , large intestine 大腸|大肠, small intestine 小腸|小肠, triple heater 三焦, bladder 膀胱
Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
sixty / 60
six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
Luhe district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun
(place name)
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart , lungs , liver , kidneys 腎|肾, spleen and gall bladder 膽|胆)
the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼 (禮儀|礼仪), music 樂|乐 (音樂|音乐), archery (射箭), charioteering (駕車|驾车), calligraphy or literacy 書|书 (識字|识字), mathematics or reckoning 數|数 (計算|计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经
five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
(four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry
refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
hexagon
Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China
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)
hexahedron
lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability
the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
Saturday
lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
out of one's wits (idiom) / distracted / stunned
(idiom) various emotions and desires
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on / left to one's own devices
to be pregnant (idiom)
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
old friends and relatives
hexagon
Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复, published 1808
hexagon socket head cap screw
“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
hexagonal
sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
hexadecimal
Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008
The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems
Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈 (儒家, 道家, 陰陽|阴阳, 法家, 名家, and 墨家)
the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
one sixth
six-pack (abs)
Liujiao or Liuchiao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Saturday
Allen key / hex key
Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia
seat of the government / yamen / (in wuxia stories) special police force
the sixties / the 1960s
Liuku or Lutku, capital of Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 in Yunnan
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
sulfur hexafluoride
YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬 and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略, two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐
Strait of Malacca
(TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风, cold , heat , damp 濕|湿, dryness , fire
Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
(idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior
food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
(math.) parallelepiped
June
cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)
six-pointed star; hexagram
six close relatives, namely: father , mother , older brothers , younger brothers , wife , male children / one's kin
MI6 (British military intelligence agency)
hexagon
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
Saturday
of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
hexavalent
sextant
64-bit (computing)
the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
uranium hexafluoride (UF6)
history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻|崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls
all walks of life (idiom) / every trade
the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang
six-pointed star; hexagram
hexagonal nut
Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), pope 2005–2013
unaccommodating / rigid
sixth sense / intuition
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages)

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