六点 (liù diǎn) — six o'clock | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

six o'clock

六点。
Wǒ měi tiān liù diǎn qǐ chuáng.
I get up at six o'clock every day.
六点。
Huì yì zài xià wǔ liù diǎn kāi shǐ.
The meeting starts at six in the afternoon.
六点，。
Xiàn zài yǐ jīng liù diǎn le, wǒ men kuài zǒu ba.
It's already six o'clock, let's go quickly.

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 點; 点 is its simplified writing.

黑占點

Meaning part形符xíngfú

黑黑hēiblack

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn點diǎn(r)

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 點 pairs 黑 (black) with 占 for its sound; the simplified 点 is a later abbreviation.

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