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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

47 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: four

Kunyomi: よ, よ.つ, よっ.つ, よん

Onyomi: シ

Composition: 囗 儿

四

Radical

Radical: 囗

Reading: くにがまえ

Meaning: enclosure

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

四月(しがつ)   April

四角(しかく)   square

四国(しこく)   Shikoku

四季(しき)   four seasons

四時(よじ)   4 o'clock

四つ角(よつかど)   crossroads

四つ(よっつ)   4 (objects)

四日(よっか)   4 days, 4th of the month

四回(よんかい)   4 times

Onyomi Examples

四 (シ) four, 4

4月 (シガツ) April, fourth month in the lunar calendar

十四 (ジュウシ) fourteen, 14

炭素14 (タンソジュウシ) carbon-14

Kunyomi Examples

四 (し) four, 4

四畳半 (よじょうはん) four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations

四つ (よっつ) four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips

四つ角 (よつかど) four corners, crossroads, intersecting street, street corner

四つ (よっつ) four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips

四つの自由 (よっつのじゆう) the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)

四 (し) four, 4

40 (よんじゅう) forty, 40

十四 (じゅうし) fourteen, 14

軽四 (けいよん) four-wheeled light vehicle

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