Kanji
四
kanji character
four
四 kanji-四 four
四
Meaning
four
Readings
Kun'yomi
- よ つかど four corners
- よ にん four people
- よ じょうはん four and a half tatami mats
- よつ ぎり cutting into four
- よつ つじ crossroads
- よつ や matched set of four arrows for target shooting
- よっつ
- よん じゅう forty
- よん ひゃく 400
- よん せん four thousand
On'yomi
- ま し かく square
- し き the four seasons
- し ほう the four cardinal directions
Practice Writing
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Common Words
- まっ
四 角 square -
真 っ四 角 square -
一 天 四 海 the world, the universe -
下 四 半 期 last quarter (of the year) -
弦 楽 四 重 奏 曲 string quartet -
再 三 再 四 repeatedly -
三 寒 四 温 alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring) -
四 つfour, 4, four years of age... -
四 つん這 いcrawling on all fours, being on all fours, being on one's hands and knees -
四 つんばいcrawling on all fours, being on all fours, being on one's hands and knees -
四 つ角 four corners, crossroads, intersecting street... -
四 つ足 four-legged, four-footed, (four-legged) animal... -
四 つ脚 four-legged, four-footed, (four-legged) animal... -
四 つ葉 のクローバーfour-leaf clover -
四 角 quadrilateral, square -
四 角 いsquare, rectangular -
四 角 形 quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon -
四 季 the four seasons -
四 球 base on balls, walk, pass -
四 苦 八 苦 being in dire distress, being hard put to it, being hard pressed (for money)... -
四 隅 four corners, four ordinal directions -
四 桁 four-digit number, thousands column -
四 月 four months -
四 元 速 度 four velocity -
四 国 Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan) -
四 肢 the (four) limbs, arms and legs -
四 字 熟 語 four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic) -
四 時 the four seasons -
四 次 元 fourth dimension, four dimensions, 4D -
四 捨 五 入 rounding (off; a number), rounding half away from zero, rounding off (views)...