Jisho

×

六

4 strokes
Radical:
eight 八
Parts:
亠 ハ
six
Kun:
む、 む.つ、 むっ.つ、 むい
On:
ロク、 リク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
93 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 六 【ロク】 six, 6
  • ６月 【ロクガツ】 June, sixth month of the lunar calendar
  • 十六 【ジュウロク】 sixteen, 16
  • 才六 【サイロク】 kid, brat, person from Kansai
  • 六官 【リクカン】 six ministries (of Zhou dynasty China)
  • 六気 【ロッキ】 yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, light, cold, heat, dryness, dampness, wind, fire, six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate)

Kun reading compounds

  • 六 【ろく】 six, 6
  • 難しい 【むずかしい】 difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
  • 六つ 【むっつ】 six, six years of age, six o'clock (old time system)
  • 難しい 【むずかしい】 difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
  • 六つ 【むっつ】 six, six years of age, six o'clock (old time system)
  • ６日 【むいか】 6th day of the month, six days
  • 六日間戦争 【むいかかんせんそう】 Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967), Third Arab-Israeli War

Readings

Japanese names:
く、 むつ、 ろっ、 ろつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu4, lu4
Korean:
ryug

Spanish

  • seis
  • 6

Portuguese

  • seis

French

  • six
6 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
6 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
76 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
20 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
283 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
8 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
61 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
8 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
8 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
6 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
153 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2461 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1244 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1710 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
6 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1453 Morohashi
1965 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
371 New Nelson (John Haig)
6 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
6 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
124 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
24 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
461 2001 Kanji
2j2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
0080.0 Four corner code
1-47-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
516d Unicode hex code

祖

9 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
一 礼 目
Variants:
祖
ancestor, pioneer, founder
On:
ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1226 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 祖 【ソ】 ancestor, forefather, progenitor, originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, grandfather
  • 祖国 【ソコク】 homeland, motherland, fatherland, native country
  • 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
  • 教祖 【キョウソ】 founder of a religious sect

Readings

Japanese names:
い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zu3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • antepasado
  • pionero
  • fundador

Portuguese

  • antecessor
  • pioneiro
  • fundador

French

  • ancêtre
  • pionnier
  • fondateur
657 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
758 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
736 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1325 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3243 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
540 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
772 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
850 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
622 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
632 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
824 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1423 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1145 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
823 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1795 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24664P Morohashi
914 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4083 New Nelson (John Haig)
1779 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1918 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
701 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
673 2001 Kanji
4e5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
3721.0 Four corner code
1-33-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7956 Unicode hex code

壇

16 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
一 亠 口 囗 土 日
podium, stage, rostrum, terrace
On:
ダン、 タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1512 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 壇 【ダン】 platform, podium, rostrum, pulpit, (ceremonial) mound, world (of haiku, art, etc.), (literary) circles, mandala
  • 壇上 【ダンジョウ】 on a stage, on a platform, on an altar
  • 仏壇 【ブツダン】 Buddhist (household) altar
  • 教壇 【キョウダン】 (teacher's) platform, podium, dais
  • 黒檀 【コクタン】 ebony

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tan2
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • podio
  • tarima
  • plataforma
  • tribuna

Portuguese

  • podium
  • palco
  • púlpito

French

  • tribune
  • podium
  • estrade
  • gradins
  • le monde des ...
1571 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1146 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1711 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1170 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2438 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1839 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1990 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1440 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
392 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
932 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
522 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
682 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
594 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5528 Morohashi
754 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1101 New Nelson (John Haig)
587 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
631 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1825 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1472 2001 Kanji
3b13.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
4011.6 Four corner code
1-35-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58c7 Unicode hex code

経

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
又 土 小 幺 糸
Variants:
經
sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
Kun:
へ.る、 た.つ、 たていと、 はか.る、 のり
On:
ケイ、 キョウ、 キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
79 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 経 【ケイ】 warp (weaving), longitude, scripture, sutra, trans-
  • 経団連 【ケイダンレン】 Federation of Economic Organizations (Organisation)
  • 月経 【ゲッケイ】 menstruation, menstrual period
  • 政経 【セイケイ】 politics and economics
  • 経 【キョウ】 sutra, Buddhist scriptures
  • 経典 【キョウテン】 sacred books, sutras, scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
  • 説経 【セッキョウ】 lecture on the sutras
  • 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra
  • 経行 【キンヒン】 meditation performed while walking
  • 看経 【カンキン】 silent reading of the sutras, sutra chanting

Kun reading compounds

  • 経る 【へる】 to pass, to elapse, to go by, to pass through, to go through, to experience, to go through, to undergo
  • 経つ 【たつ】 to pass (of time), to elapse
  • 縦糸 【たていと】 (weaving) warp

Readings

Japanese names:
つね、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1, jing4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • sutra
  • longitud
  • ley
  • pasar
  • dirigir
  • transcurrir
  • experimentar

Portuguese

  • sutra
  • longitude
  • passar através de
  • expirar
  • empenar

French

  • sûtra
  • longitude
  • passer (temps)
  • expiré
  • expérimenter
  • chaîne (tissu)
596 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
685 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
658 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
135 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3523 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
341 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
815 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1957 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
548 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
557 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
515 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1523 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1687 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1372 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27392 Morohashi
1331 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4473 New Nelson (John Haig)
1360 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1460 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
71 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
730 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2772 2001 Kanji
6a5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2791.4 Four corner code
1-23-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d4c Unicode hex code