HSK 1 · Numbers

六

liù

six

Stroke order of 六

六 is written with 4 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A little hut: a lid '亠' over two spread legs '八' — six friends sheltering inside.

Parts: 亠 lid + 八 (originally a pictograph of a hut)

Example sentence

我六点吃饭。

I eat at six o'clock.

More words: Numbers

一one 二two 三three 四four 五five 七seven 八eight 九nine 十ten 零zero 百hundred 两two (with measure words)半half 一半half 第(ordinal prefix)第二second

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