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CHINESE CHARACTER

liù

六

六

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six

Numbered pinyin
liu4
English meanings
det.: six

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 亠; bottom 八.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱亠八

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    wǒ我yǒu有liù六gè个píngguǒ苹果。

    I have six apples.

  2. 02

    xiànzài现在liù六diǎn点。

    It's six o'clock.

  3. 03

    liù六yuè月tiānqì天气hěn很rè热。

    It's hot in June.

  4. 04

    tā他liù六suì岁shàngxué上学。

    He started school at six.

  5. 05

    liù六lóu楼yǒu有huìyì会议shì室。

    The meeting room is on the sixth floor.

  6. 06

    zhè这běn本shū书liù六kuài块qián钱。

    This book costs six yuan.

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