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Pinyin | liu (neutral tone) |
| English | 6; six | |
| Sounds a bit like the English borrowing from French 'in lieu' | ||
As a mnemonic I always look on the character as a bit like the greek letter pi π with a dot on top, and as two times pi is approximately six that is one way to remember it. Like si, 4 ba, 8 it helpfully has the division character of two strokes included to indicate it is an even number.
| xīng qī | liu |
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| weekday | six = Saturday |