Rabbitty Six

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Rabbitty six.

Chinese: 花六 (hua1liu4)
Japanese: 花六 (hanaroku)
Korean:

Of the six-point big eyes, only this one and rectangular six in the corner can be killed. Its vital point is a. It is known as the rabbitty six [1] or nutcracker. It is also known as the flower six, a direct translation of the Chinese and Japanese terms for this shape.


Robert Pauli: Problem 32 in David L. Silverman's Your Move (no other go problems):

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[1] The term "rabbitty six" was invented by James Davies. The shape vaguely reminds one of a rabbit's head; the ears are at the top left.

Robert Pauli: Did James really have the (t)y? In German the adjective-noun form sounds funny to me (hasige Sechs...ouch, not a hare, a bunny: karnicklige Sechs). BTW, is 'bunny'' also usable as adjective?
My favorite name for this shape is fish(y) six - makes sense in all directions.
Later...hmm, why not piranha six?

Andy James?: Can't say what Davies called it, but "bunny" is not an adjective in English (unless you want to invent a word for "like a bun.")

cartan: Davies calls it "rabbity six" (one t).

C.S. Graves: In his Graded Go Problems for Beginners books, Kano Yoshinori refers to it as the "Flowery Six".


For other six point eyespaces, see Rectangular Six and Rectangular six in the corner.


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