What is the structure of the word six?

The character for six has an upper and lower structure.

I. Interpretation of Six

[ liù ]

1. Number. The sum of five plus one.

2. One of the notation numbers of the staff score. Equivalent to the "5" of the stave.

[ lù ]

Used in place names, such as Liu'an (in Anhui).

Second, the etymology of the character

The earliest is found in the oracle bone inscriptions. The original meaning of the hut, is "hut" of the first text. The "hut" and "six" ancient sound similar, so borrowed for the number of words "six"; according to the theory of yin and yang, six is the number of yin, so it refers to the "easy" in the yin lines.

Three words

Six gods, six arts, six paths, six parts, six combinations and so on.

Expanded:

I. Six Gods [ liù shén ]?

The ancients referred to the gods that dominate the six organs of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen, and gallbladder, and generalized to the heart and spirit.

2. Six Arts [ liù yì ]?

1. In ancient times, they referred to the six subjects of ritual (etiquette), music (music), archery (archery), driving (driving), writing (literacy), and counting (calculation).

2. In ancient times, it referred to the six Confucian scriptures of Poetry, Book, Rites, Music, Yi, and Spring and Autumn.

Three, six roads [ liù lù ]?

It refers to the upper, lower, front, back, left and right, and generalizes to the surrounding and all aspects.

Four, six [ liù bù ]?

The name of the six departments of the central administrative organizations, namely, the Ministry of Justice, the Household, the Rites of Passage, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Industry, which were set up at the beginning of the Sui and Tang dynasties. In the Sui Dynasty, the six ministries belonged to the Shangshu Province. Yuan dynasty to belong to the province of the middle book. In the Ming Dynasty, the Central Book Province was abolished and was directly under the Emperor. The highest official position of each ministry was the Shangshu, and the deputy position was the minister.

V. Lù hé

[ Lù hé ]

〈Name〉city name, in Jiangsu Province.

[ liù hé ]

〈名〉refers to the upper and lower and the four directions of east, west, south, north and south, and refers generally to the world or the universe.