used in place names

June; sixth month (of the lunar year)

sixty; 60

the sixties; the 1960s

Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)

hexagon

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)

Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]

the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4]); another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]

six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3]; one's kin

hexavalent

see 六合區|六合区[Lu4 he2 Qu1]

the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down); the whole country; the universe; everything under the sun

refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989

see 六安市[Lu4 an1 Shi4]

empress and imperial concubines or their residence

Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])

Liuku or Lutku, capital of Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 in Yunnan

hexagonal

60 years; one's sixties; 60 days

Six Dynasties (220-589)

see 六枝特區|六枝特区[Liu4 zhi1 Te4 qu1]

(TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]

(place name)

six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog

the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3])

(TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽|胆[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸|大肠[da4 chang2], small intestine 小腸|小肠[xiao3 chang2], triple heater 三焦[san1 jiao1], bladder 膀胱[pang2 guang1]

(TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]

food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)

“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]

nickname for CCTV-6 (China Movie Channel)

sextant

Luhe, a district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4], Jiangsu

Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]

seat of the government; yamen; (in wuxia stories) special police force

June

Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008

Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China

see 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4 pan2 shui3 Shi4]

hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖[pu2 tao5 tang2]

six-pointed star; hexagram

hexagon

six-pointed star; hexagram

hexagon

hexahedron

"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略[San1 lu:e4], two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]

not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives

orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on; left to one's own devices

one sixth