六十六 (liù shí liù) — sixty-six

Definition

numeral
sixty-six

Examples

  • 六十六。
    Wǒ de yé ye jīn nián liù shí liù suì le.
    My grandfather is sixty-six years old this year.
  • 六十六。
    Zhè běn shū yǒu liù shí liù yè.
    This book has sixty-six pages.
  • 六十六。
    Tā kǎo le liù shí liù fēn.
    He scored sixty-six points.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

Open 六 →

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