四

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• Alternate forms: 肆

• Radical Number 31: 囗+2 strokes

• Stroke number: 5

• Stroke order:
  1. The left-most vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom.
  2. The top-most horizontal line and rightmost vertical line are done in one stroke, from top-left to bottom-right.
  3. The small vertical stroke inside the 'box' on the left is done, from top to bottom.
  4. The L-shaped stroke is done, from top-left to bottom-right.
  5. The bottom-most horizontal stroke is done, from left to right.

• Four-Corner System: 6021₀

• Cangjie input: 田金 (WC)

• Graphical Significance and Origin:

• Common Meaning: four

• Chinese Numeral 四
  • Last: 三
  • Next: 五

• Other info: As superstition, 四 is avoided because similar to 死 (death) in sound.

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Table of contents

1 Chinese Hanzi 1.1 Number 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 See also 1.3 Compounds 2 Japanese Kanji 2.1 Compounds 3 Korean Hanja 4 Dictionary Information 5 Technical Information

Chinese Hanzi

• Pronounciation
  • Mandarin
    • Pinyin: sì (si4)
    • Wade-Giles: ssu⁴
    • Yale:
  • Cantonese
    • Jyutping:
    • Penkyamp:
    • Yale: sei3

Number

1. four

Noun

1. (musical note) la

See also

• 工尺

Compounds

• 四…八…
• 四壁
• 四边, 四边儿
• 四边形
• 四不像
• 四部
• 四重奏
• 四出
• 四处
• 四大皆空
• 四方
• 四顾
• 四海
• 四合房
• 四合院
• 四呼
• 四季
• 四角号码
• 四脚蛇
• 四邻
• 四面八方
• 四面楚歌
• 四拇指
• 四声
• 四时
• 四体
• 四外
• 四围
• 四维空间
• 四仙桌
• 四则
• 四肢
• 四周
• 四周围

• Other info:

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Japanese Kanji

• Readings
  • On: し (shi)
  • Kun: よん (yon), よっつ (yottsu), よつ (yotsu), よたび (yotabi)

Compounds

• 四季
• 四股
• 四捨五入
• 四則計算
• 四大
• 四天王
• 四面楚歌

• Other info:

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Korean Hanja

• Pronunciation: 사

• Romanization
  • The 2000 South Korean Revised: sa
  • McCune-Reischauer: sa

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Dictionary Information

• KangXi: 0216.220
• Morobashi: 04682
• Dae Jaweon: 0439.210
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 10710.160

Technical Information

• Unicode:
  • Hex: 56DB
  • Decimal: 22235
• Big5:
  • Hex: A57C
  • Decimal: 42364