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  *六* | 六* | *六
six / 6
HSK 1
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *六* | 六* | *六
used in place names
the sixties / the 1960s
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
hexahedron
Saturday
all walks of life (idiom) / every trade
out of one's wits (idiom) / distracted / stunned
hexagon
sixteen / 16
six-pointed star; hexagram
sixty / 60
(idiom) various emotions and desires
hexadecimal
five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun
Tiananmen Incident of June 4, 1989
empress and imperial concubines or their residence
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart , lungs , liver , kidneys 腎|肾, spleen and gall bladder 膽|胆)
June
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
June / sixth month (of the lunar year)
Saturday
six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia
Luhe, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu
Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴, Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之, Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微 and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇
Saturday
64-bit (computing)
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)
hexagon
Strait of Malacca
Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)
(math.) parallelepiped
sextant
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
"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
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China
16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退敵駐我擾敵疲我打敵退我追|敌进我退敌驻我扰敌疲我打敌退我追 when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang
(four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry
the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
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)
six-pointed star; hexagram
Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
(idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior
one sixth
Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
Six Dynasties (220-589)
hexagonal
(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
orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on / left to one's own devices
hexagon
sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
old friends and relatives
hexavalent
(place name)
YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability
hexagon socket head cap screw
six-pack (abs)
the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
sulfur hexafluoride
Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008
six close relatives, namely: father , mother , older brothers , younger brothers , wife , male children / one's kin
Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), pope 2005–2013
(math.) rhombohedron
Allen key / hex key
refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
regular hexagon
sixth sense / intuition
Liujiao or Liuchiao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
tortoise shell brackets 〔〕
hexagonal nut
(TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风, cold , heat , damp 濕|湿, dryness , fire
Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复, published 1808
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
MI6 (British military intelligence agency)
Liujiao or Liuchiao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
16-bit (computing)
food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
King Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963–)
to be pregnant (idiom)

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