六

Computing

hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex

Buddhism

four kinds of birth in the six destinies

summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

Proverb

first born, least clever

all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin

six schools of classical Indian philosophy

士 represents November as it can be decomposed into 十一 (11)

nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)

Buddhism

great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")

cobalt-60

hexagon socket head; Allen socket head

hex socket head cap bolt

Idiomatic expression

something that comes too late to be useful; iris (blooming) on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)

Jūrukunichī; New Year's Day of the Dead; Okinawan festival celebrated on the 16th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

Colloquial

pawnshop

Music

64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver

arsphenamine; compound 606; salvarsan

Astronomy

Sextans (constellation); the Sextant

rokudan (name of a koto composition)

fill-in (in magazines, newspapers, etc.); (space) filler

hexactinellid sponge; glass sponge (any sponge of class Hexactinellida)

Chemistry

sulfur hexafluoride; SF6

36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)

six-year molar