Japanese Jouyou-kanji “六” means “Six”, “Sixth” or “Six times” etc.
| Words |
Meanings |
| 六合(りくごう-rikugou) |
Universe, Cosmos, World |
| 六花(りっか-rikka or ろっか-rokka) |
Snow (crystal) |
| 六三制(ろくさんせい-rokusansei) |
6‐3 educational system (of Japan) |
| 六大州(ろくだいしゅう-rokudaishuu) |
Six continents |
| 六道輪廻(ろくどうりんね-rokudourinne) |
Endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds |
| 六親(りくしん or ろくしん-ri ku shi n (or) ro ku shi n) |
The six blood relations, Whole family |
| 六道(ろくどう-ro ku do u) |
The six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm) |
| 六面体(ろくめんたい-ro ku me n ta i) |
Hexahedron |
| 六歌仙(ろっかせん-ro kka se n) |
Rokkasen, Six immortals of poetry, Six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū |
| 六根(ろっこん-ro kko n) |
Six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind) |
| 六根清浄(ろっこんしょうじょう-ro kko n sho u jo u) |
Purification of the six roots of perception, Purification from the six roots of evil |
| 六腑(ろっぷ-ro ppu) |
The six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao(actually not exist), urinary bladder) |
| 六方(ろっぽう-ro ppo u) |
① The six directions (north、south、east、west、up、and down), Whole world, Whole cosmos, ② Chivalrous person, Self-styled humanitarian, ③ One of technique of Kabuki performance |
| 六法(ろっぽう-ro ppo u) |
① Six codes (constitution, civil code, criminal code, commercial code, code of civil procedure, code of criminal procedure), Compendium of Laws |
| 一六(いちろく-i chi ro ku) |
① (Rolling) a 1 and a 6 (with two dice), ② Dice gambling, ③ Armed robbery, mugging, ④ Edo period to early Meiji non-working day falling on all days of the month with a 1 or a 6 in it |
| 丈六(じょうろく-jo u ro ku) |
① One jō and six shaku (4.85m), ② Statue of Buddha measuring one jō and six shaku |
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