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四

four
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingよ、よ.つ、よっ.つ、よん
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1

Meanings

  1. fourRtK
  1. 4

Popular Usage

四日四つ四角四季四角い四捨五入

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pent in (囗) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 4

Compound words

四つよっつ
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin
四角しかく
quadrilateral; square
四季しき
the four seasons
四角いしかくい
square; rectangular
四捨五入ししゃごにゅう
rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views); converging to a common opinion
四月しがつ
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
四時よじ
four o'clock
四年よねん
four years
四球しきゅう
base on balls; walk; pass
四隅よすみ
four corners; four ordinal directions
四国しこく
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
四肢しし
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
四方しほう
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions; surroundings; many countries
十四じゅうし
fourteen; 14
四百よんひゃく
400; four hundred
四人よにん
four people
四本よんほん
four (long cylindrical things)
四つ角よつかど
four corners; crossroads; intersecting street; street corner
四重奏しじゅうそう
instrumental quartet
四畳半よじょうはん
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
四半期しはんき
quarter (of a year)
四輪車よんりんしゃ
automobile; car
真四角ましかく
square
四死球ししきゅう
bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen

Kun Reading Examples

彼は四年前に州知事選挙に立候補した。よ
He ran for Governor of the state four years ago.tatoeba
彼は四年刑期のところを二年で釈放された。よ
He was let out after serving just two years of his four-year prison sentence.tatoeba
彼は四時にもどるでしょう。よじ
He will come back at four.tatoeba
彼はまだ十四歳の時に船乗りになった。よん
He went to sea when he was only 14.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は四六時中勉強している。
He studies day and night.tatoeba
彼は四年前に州知事選挙に立候補した。
He ran for Governor of the state four years ago.tatoeba
彼は四年刑期のところを二年で釈放された。
He was let out after serving just two years of his four-year prison sentence.tatoeba
彼は四人の警官によって深夜拉致された。
He was spirited away by four police officers in the middle of the night.tatoeba
第四日目の工程。
This is the day four process.wiki
亥十一月二十四日。
I November 24wiki
家紋は丸に四つ割菱。
The family crest is a diamond divided into four parts inside a circle.wiki
焼跡にまず四つ橋文楽座を再興。
At first, he reconstructed the Yotsuhashi Bunraku-za Theater in its ruins of a fire.wiki
米俵に模して四角に仕上げる。
It is formed into a square modeling a komedawara (bag of rice).wiki
全体が四角いたい焼きもある。
Some taiyaki are square.wiki
それを俵で囲んだものとなり四角い土俵になった。
The area surrounded by the posts and ropes changed into a square dohyo surrounded by bales.wiki
生田流は角爪と呼ばれ、先が広く四角い形をしている。
Tsume used by the Ikuta school is called kakuzume and its tip is wide and square-shaped.wiki
四季の節会の事始め
New Year's rituals are the first celebration of the four seasons.wiki
四季山水図 1巻 雪舟
Landscape of the Four Seasons, Sesshu (1volume)wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 四

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