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四 : Four

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Components:
囗儿

four

On 'yomi:
シ(shi)
Kun 'yomi:
よ(yo) よ.つ(yo.tsu) よっ.つ(yo.tsu) よん(yon)
Nanori:
あ(a) つ(tsu) よつ(yotsu)
Strokes:5
Radical:囗 (31)
Usage Rating:47
JLPT:N5
old JLPT:4
Grade:1
Unicode:056db
jis208:27-45
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四 Usage examples

右四つ(みぎよつ)hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left
四角張る(しかくばる)to be angular, to be formal
左四つ(ひだりよつ)hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
四辻(よつじ)
四つ辻(よつじ)
crossroads, intersection, crossway, carrefour
六十四卦(ろくじゅうしけ)the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)
四周(ししゅう)periphery, circumference
四姓(しせい)varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
四人組(よにんぐみ)the Gang of Four, quartet
四七抜き(よなぬき)pentatonic scale
弦楽四重奏団(げんがくしじゅうそうだん)string quartet
四季報(しきほう)quarterly (journal)
四則(しそく)four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic
四年生(よねんせい)fourth-year student
四半世紀(しはんせいき)quarter of a century
四十路(よそじ)age forty
四女(よんじょ)fourth-born daughter
四男(よんなん)fourth son
週四日(しゅうよっか)four days a week
四人(よったり)four people
四半期収益(しはんきしゅうえき)quarterly earnings
四半期収益発表(しはんきしゅうえきはっぴょう)quarterly earnings announcement
四当五落(よんとうごらく)sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
四本(よんほん)four (long cylindrical things)
四神獣(しじんじゅう)four divine beasts, guardian deities of the four cardinal points
四房(しぶさ)four tassels hung above the ring
四本柱(しほんばしら)four posts that used to support the roof over the ring
四つ身(よつみ)kimono made for young children
四象(ししょう)four images, four symbols, four emblems, four phenomena, four phases
四書五経(ししょごきょう)the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, the Nine Chinese Classics
四夷(しい)the surrounding barbarians (from a Chinese perspective)
四海兄弟(しかいけいてい)people in the whole world being all brothers, universal brotherhood
四季折々(しきおりおり)
四季折折(しきおりおり)
from season to season, season by season, of each season, in each season
四十不惑(しじゅうふわく)At forty, one has no doubts. (Confucius)
二十四気(にじゅうしき)the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar
四文字語(よもじご)four-letter word (English)
四字成句(よじせいく)Chinese four-character phrase or idiomatic expression
単四(たんよん)size AAA (battery)
四則演算(しそくえんざん)four arithmetic operations, basic arithmetic operations
四神相応(しじんそうおう)an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
四柱推命(しちゅうすいめい)Four Pillar astrology
赤四手(アカシデ)loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora), akashide
四の五の言う(しのごのいう)to grumble about something (trivial)
四分位(しぶんい)quartile
四月病(しがつびょう)euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work
四脚門(よつあしもん)style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
明治十四年の政変(めいじじゅうよねんのせいへん)the failed Meiji-14 coup of 1881
文房四宝(ぶんぼうしほう)in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper
四段活用(よだんかつよう)yodan verb conjugation (verb form of classical Japanese)
四方反鉋(しほうそりかんな)
四方反り鉋(しほうそりかんな)
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade