0010 - 六[육/륙] - 여섯 - number six

The Story [이야기] :

• It is the picture of a high mound which can be seen beyond the normal view, just as six goes beyond the normal counting unit of one hand (five).
• Eight 八 minus two strokes above it equals six  六.
• 육 is used if found at the beginning of the word, and 륙 otherwise.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

육모 [六모] - a hexagon; a sexangle
유월 [六月] - June
육년 [六年] - six years
오륙 [五六] - five or six
오뉴월 [五六月] - (1) May and June, (2) The fifth and sixth months of the lunar calendar; midsummer; middle of the summer

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

그들은 분란과 화해가 반복되었던 격동의 五六 年을 함께 보낸 사이였다.

They had been together for five or six turbulent years of break-ups and reconciliations.