entries → 六
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
character · TOCFL 1
ㄌㄧㄡˋ · liù
num — six

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a small hut — peaked roof, two sloping walls
A small hut: the dot and bar are the roof, the legs its walls. The number borrowed the graph early; the hut went on under its own name in 廬.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

茅屋(六)搭好了,屋頂尖尖,兩面斜到地。
The hut (六) stands — peaked roof, two walls sloping to the ground.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(假借)— six常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension