六合

六合

Chinese

		six	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad. (六合)		六	合

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liùhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ hap⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): lio̍k-ha̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liùhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowher
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ hap⁶
    • Yale: luhk hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ heb⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² hɐp̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k-ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioghap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻²² hap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hap̚⁴/

Noun

六合

1. the six directions – east, west, north, south, up and down
2. the whole country

Derived terms

六合彩 (Liùhécǎi)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lùhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Lùhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luhher
    • IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

Proper noun

六合

1. (～區) Luhe (a district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
六	合
りく Grade: 1	ごう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

六 (riku, “six”) + 合 (gō, “combined”): referring to the six directions north, south, east, west, up, and down.

Noun

六合 (hiragana りくごう, rōmaji rikugō, historical hiragana りくがふ)

1. The world; the cosmos; everything.