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ๅ››
JLPT N5 SL1 5 strokes Frequency: #26

Meanings

four

Radicals

ๅ›—

Decomposition

โฟดๅ›—ๅ„ฟ

Etymology

Ideographic: A childย ๅ„ฟ in a room with four wallsย ๅ›—

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
3 diagonal right-to-left
4 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ใ‚ท shi

Used in compound words

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ใ‚ˆ yo

Standalone, with ใ‚“, ใค, or ใฃ suffix

ใ‚ˆใฃ yo
ใ‚ˆใ‚“ yon

Words Using This Kanji

364 words total
Other (20 words)
ๅ››ใฎไบ”ใฎ ใ—ใฎใ”ใฎ

(complaining about) this and that

ๅ››ใฎไบ”ใฎ่จ€ใ‚ใš ใ—ใฎใ”ใฎใ„ใ‚ใš

without complaining (about this and that)

ๅ…ญไธ‰ไธ‰ๅ››ๅˆถ ใ‚ใใ•ใ‚“ใ•ใ‚“ใ‚ˆใ‚“ใ›ใ„

six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)

ๅ››ๅˆ้™ข ใ—ใ”ใ†ใ„ใ‚“

si he yuan (traditional Chinese residential building)

ๅ››ๅ‰ฒ ใ‚ˆใ‚“ใ‚ใ‚Š

forty percent

ๅ››็›ธ ใ—ใใ†

four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death)

ไผš่จˆๅ››ๅŠๆœŸ ใ‹ใ„ใ‘ใ„ใ—ใฏใ‚“ใ

fiscal quarter

ๅ››ๅŠๆœŸๅ ฑๅ‘Š ใ—ใฏใ‚“ใใปใ†ใ“ใ

quarterly report

ๅ››ๅŠๆœŸๅ ฑๅ‘Šๆ›ธ ใ—ใฏใ‚“ใใปใ†ใ“ใใ—ใ‚‡

quarterly report

ๅ››ไธ€ ใ—ใฃใดใ‚“

scoring combination of a 4 and a 1 in oicho-kabu

ๅ››ไฝ“ๆถฒ ใ—ใŸใ„ใˆใ

(four) cardinal humors

ๅ››ๅผฆ ใ—ใ’ใ‚“

four strings

ๅŠ›ใฎๅนณ่กŒๅ››่พบๅฝข ใกใ‹ใ‚‰ใฎใธใ„ใ“ใ†ใ—ใธใ‚“ใ‘ใ„

parallelogram of force

ๅ››ๅญฃๆฉ˜ ใ—ใใใค

Calamansi (Citrus x microcarpa)

ๆ•…ๆ„ๅ››็ƒ ใ“ใ„ใ—ใใ‚…ใ†

intentional walk

ๅ››ใคๅทด ใ‚ˆใคใฉใ‚‚ใˆ

(emblem of) four comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle

ๅ››ๆฎต ใ‚ˆใ ใ‚“

fourth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

ๅ››ๅ›ฝ็Šฌ ใ—ใ“ใใ‘ใ‚“

Shikoku (dog breed)

ไธ‹ๅ››ๅŠๆœŸ ใ—ใ‚‚ใ—ใฏใ‚“ใ

last quarter (of the year)

ๅ››ๅ…ญๆ–‡ ใ—ใ‚ใใถใ‚“

elegant classical Chinese prose employing antitheses using four and six-character compound words