Kanji 四 — "Four"
Here is what 四 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Four" stick.
How it is read
し
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
よん, よっつ
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
OK, this one sounds weird — but when a pair of Legs is inside a Mouth, it means Four. Strange, but memorable!
- 口 Mouth
This square shape is a Mouth. When you see it, think of a mouth. It's a mouth that's wide open, telling you something.
- ⼉ Legs
It might look like Slide and Hook combined, but it's actually the shape of a pair of Legs standing coolly.
Words that use 四
8 of 8 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 四日 よっか 4th day, 4 days
- 四 し / よん four
- 四季 しき four seasons
- 四角い しかくい square
- 四つ よっつ four things
- 四捨五入 ししゃごにゅう rounding up (fractions)
- 四角 しかく square
- 四つ角 よつかど four corners, crossroads
Want 四 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
