liù

six

Type: NumbersHSK 1
Character origin

A pictograph of a hut with a roof, similar to 宀. Some think it shows a shack with four walls and two slopes — and by extension, the number six.

Did you know?

Six is considered lucky because it sounds like 'to flow' (流 liú). In business, prices often end in 6 to draw good fortune.

Radicals it's made of
tóulid
to divide
Example sentence

六本书。

Liù běn shū.

Six books.

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