Read Edit View history 六 liùlù HSK1 six Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Origin unclear. Various explainations include (1) possibly derives from 入 (enter), with two strokes on the bottom to distinguish it from 入 (enter) or (2) a pictograph of a hut, which is thought to be the original form of 廬. Either way, the current meaning is a phoentic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas liù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 六 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 441, 756 ], [ 455, 743 ], [ 531, 705 ], [ 568, 654 ] ], [ [ 125, 455 ], [ 184, 444 ], [ 454, 484 ], [ 805, 517 ], [ 851, 515 ], [ 918, 494 ] ], [ [ 360, 347 ], [ 383, 297 ], [ 347, 242 ], [ 292, 181 ], [ 249, 145 ], [ 162, 97 ] ], [ [ 611, 333 ], [ 753, 186 ], [ 774, 154 ], [ 789, 97 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 472 702 Q 502 677 534 645 Q 552 629 572 630 Q 585 631 592 649 Q 598 668 585 705 Q 578 727 541 744 Q 447 771 436 764 Q 429 758 432 742 Q 436 729 472 702 Z", "M 128 467 Q 103 464 121 443 Q 137 427 159 419 Q 184 412 205 418 Q 427 478 848 478 Q 875 478 901 477 Q 925 477 931 487 Q 938 502 918 519 Q 846 571 778 551 Q 514 509 128 467 Z", "M 346 344 Q 342 241 202 138 Q 169 116 152 101 Q 139 86 157 88 Q 220 85 332 184 Q 405 257 428 279 Q 443 291 430 311 Q 391 359 360 361 Q 347 361 346 344 Z", "M 611 302 Q 675 223 752 114 Q 767 86 785 79 Q 795 76 806 87 Q 822 100 815 155 Q 811 224 623 335 Q 620 338 618 338 Q 608 347 603 332 Q 600 316 611 302 Z" ] } 4 strokes 六 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 428, 756 ], [ 528, 699 ], [ 568, 636 ] ], [ [ 105, 464 ], [ 197, 446 ], [ 790, 519 ], [ 916, 488 ] ], [ [ 351, 354 ], [ 380, 291 ], [ 267, 164 ], [ 150, 95 ] ], [ [ 608, 332 ], [ 768, 165 ], [ 795, 84 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M462,702C482,687 502,667 524,645C535,635 548,630 562,630C570,631 579,637 582,649C591,692 564,733 531,744C487,759 433,770 426,764C421,761 419,754 422,742C424,735 438,722 462,702Z", "M512,464C610,476 743,495 882,474C909,470 934,488 916,506C892,531 852,546 832,552C818,556 803,557 782,552C732,542 656,530 512,510C357,490 228,475 120,473C109,473 100,471 100,460C99,448 122,431 145,421C173,410 206,417 240,423C336,442 430,455 512,464Z", "M342,344C339,276 291,206 198,138C176,123 163,114 148,101C138,92 140,89 153,88C281,115 329,195 424,279C433,288 435,299 426,311C401,344 376,361 356,361C347,362 342,356 342,344Z", "M611,302C652,250 702,189 752,114C763,98 771,84 785,79C790,77 798,81 806,87C816,97 821,128 815,155C805,197 758,252 653,317C647,321 622,337 618,338C592,348 603,312 611,302Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.