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Grade Level: 1
JLPT Level: 4

Frequency: 47

Bushu (Radical) Info:
囗 (くにがまえ)
box

Henshall Mnemonic:
four fingers in clenched fist
Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 5 Strokes



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On-Yomi Reading(s):
シ
 Kun-Yomi Reading(s):
よ
 English Meaning(s):
four

Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji:
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  • 四   [し]
    (num) four [K] [D]
  • 四   [よん]
    (num) four [K] [D]
  • 四つ   [よっつ]
    (n) four [K] [D]
  • 四つ角   [よつかど]
    (n) four corners; crossroads [K] [D]
  • 四角   [しかく]
    (adj-na,n) square [K] [D]
  • 四角い   [しかくい]
    (adj) square [K] [D]
  • 四季   [しき]
    (n) four seasons [K] [D]
  • 四球   [しきゅう]
    (n) four balls; base on balls (baseball); a walk [K] [D]
  • 四隅   [よすみ]
    (n) four corners [K] [D]
  • 四月   [しがつ]
    (n-adv) April [K] [D]
  • 四死球   [ししきゅう]
    (n) four dead balls (baseball) [K] [D]
  • 四肢   [しし]
    (n) limbs; extremities [K] [D]
  • 四捨五入   [ししゃごにゅう]
    (n,vs) rounding up (esp. fractions) [K] [D]
  • 四十   [よんじゅう]
    forty [K] [D]
  • 四十七士   [しじゅうしちし]
    Forty-Seven Loyal Retainers [K] [D]
  • 四重奏   [しじゅうそう]
    (n) instrumental quartet [K] [D]
  • 四畳半   [よじょうはん]
    (n) 4 1; 2 Tatami mats [K] [D]
  • 四千   [よんせん]
    four thousand [K] [D]
  • 四日   [よっか]
    (n) (1) 4th day of month; (2) four days [K] [D]
  • 四半期   [しはんき]
    (n) quarter (of a year) [K] [D]
  • 四百   [よんひゃく]
    four hundred [K] [D]
  • 四方   [しほう]
    (n) every direction [K] [D]
  • 四本   [よんほん]
    (adj) four (long cylindrical things) [K] [D]
  • 四輪車   [よんりんしゃ]
    automobile; car [K] [D]
  • 十四   [じゅうよん]
    14; fourteen [K] [D]
  • 真四角   [ましかく]
    (adj-na,n) square [K] [D]
  • 二十四時間制   [にじゅうよじかんせい]
    (n) around-the-clock system [K] [D]
  • 六十四分音符   [ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ]
    64th note [K] [D]
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