六家

Traditional form:

六家

Pinyin (reading):

liùjiā

Definitions:

• Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談／司马谈 ( Sīmǎ Tán) (儒家 ( Rújiā), 道家 ( Dàojiā), 陰陽／阴阳 (yīnyáng), 法家 ( Fǎjiā), 名家 ( Míngjiā), and 墨家 ( Mòjiā))

Characters:

• 六 - six
• 家 - house, home, residence; family

Traditional characters:

• 六 - six
• 家 - house, home, residence; family