六

Buddhism

six objective fields of the senses (shape and colour, sound, scent, flavour, physical feeling, and mental presentation)

pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine

Geology

hexagonal crystal system

the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)

the six articles of faith (in Islam)

six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)

land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)

Rikkokushi; six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods

hexavalent chromium

the six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love and hatred)

cold northerly winter wind from the Rokko Mountains

Noun or verb acting prenominally

sexennial; recurring every six years

the six classes of Chinese characters

the six historical styles of writing Chinese characters

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Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)

Buddhism

the six domains of the desire realm; the six heavens of the desire realm

yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, light

cold, heat, dryness, dampness, wind, fire

six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate)

the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

instrumental sextet

traditional Japanese G-string for men

the Six Forms of Avalokitesvara (one for each of the six realms)

vocal sextet

dividing something into six pieces; something divided into six pieces

Mathematics

sexagesimal; base 60

Idiomatic expression

beginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn

Buddhism

four kinds of birth in the six destinies