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The kanji 四: meaning, readings and stroke order
四
- Meaning
- four
- On reading
- シ shi
- Kun reading
- よ yo、よ（つ） yotsu、よっ（つ） yottsu、よん yon
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 囗 enclosure
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- số bốn (tứ)
- Japanese
- かずの し。よっつ。
- Korean
- 넷 (사)
- Chinese
- 数字四
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading
四月
April
四月に 入学します。
I start school in April.
よ yo · kun reading
四人
four people
四人で かくれんぼを します。
Four of us play hide-and-seek.
よ（つ） yotsu · kun reading · less common
四つ角
crossroads
四つ角を 右に まがります。
Turn right at the crossroads.
よっ（つ） yottsu · kun reading
四つ
four (things)
白い 玉が 四つ あります。
There are four white balls.
よん yon · kun reading
四十
forty
四十まで かぞえられます。
I can count to forty.
Practise writing 四 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 四 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.