Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 1
六 six
- Meaning
- six
- On reading
- ロク
- Kun reading
- むっ(つ)
Memory hook
A lid standing on two legs. Picture a low table with six people round it. ロク in compounds, むっ(つ) when you are counting things.
Words that use 六
六つ
むっつ
six things
六月
ろくがつ
June
How to write 六
Stroke order · 4 strokes
1
2
3
4
- 1. The vertical through the centre.
- 2. The horizontal across the middle.
- 3. The sweep down to the left.
- 4. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
六 is taught on day 2 of the kanji course, alongside 四 五, with two writing passes and a short quiz.