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六 liù — “six”
How to write and say the Chinese character 六 (liù), which means six — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 liù
Meaning · 意思 six
Strokes · 笔画 4
Radical · 部首 八 (eight)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
六 is written with 4 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Early forms looked like a little hut: a roof with legs. Count it on one hand — six!
A common word常用词
六岁
six years old
Example sentence例句
我今年六岁。
I'm six this year.
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