四
四

four

5 strokesFrequency 47JLPT N4Grade 1

On

シ

Kun

よよ.つよっ.つよん

Nanori

あつよつ

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

four4

Constituents

儿human legs
囗pent in

Mnemonic Stories

The number 4 consists of two key parts - a box-like shape that represents a mouth, and lines below that look like legs.

Dictionary

Common Words

四４肆しよん (四)よ (四)Freq #1390
1

Numeric; 肆 is used in legal documents

four; 4

Examples
その湖は直径四マイルである。
The lake is four miles across.
四人４人よにんよったりよたりNounFreq #3080
1

four people

Examples
ケンは4人のうちで一番年下です。
Ken is the youngest of the four.
４０四十四〇四拾卌よんじゅうしじゅうよそFreq #3510
1

Numeric

forty; 40

Examples
アインシュタインが死んでからほぼ四十年になる。
Einstein has been dead for nearly forty years.
四つ４つよっつよつFreq #4810
1

Numeric

four; 4

Examples
この国は季節が４つあります。
This country has four seasons.
2

Common noun

four years of age

3

Common noun

ten o'clock (in the old time system)

4

Derogatory; Common noun; Likely from cows and pigs having four feet

burakumin

5

Abbreviation; Common noun; Sumo

cross grips

四気しきNounFreq #5100
1

weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)

四季しきNounFreq #5100
1

the four seasons

Examples
四季のうちで春が一番好きだ。
Spring is my favourite of the four seasons.
四方しほうよもよほうNounFreq #5528
1

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions

Examples
その木は広く枝を四方に張り出している。
The tree thrusts its branches far and wide.
2

しほう／よほう only

surroundings

3

しほう only

many countries; the whole world

4

よも only

all around; here and there

5

しほう／よほう only

square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure

6

four sides (of a square)

第四第４だいよんNoun～の Adj.Freq #5975
1

fourth

四年４年よねんNounFreq #6310
1

four years

十四１４一四じゅうしじゅうよんFreq #6762
1

Numeric

fourteen; 14

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