四

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 1.2.2 See also 1.2.3 Usage notes 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Number 3.2 Noun 3.3 Etymology 3.3.1 Noun 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Cardinal number 5.4 Noun 5.5 See also 5.6 Derived terms 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 7 Wu 7.1 Pronunciation

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

The original shell and bone character was 一 written four times (compare 二 and 三). The bronzware style of the character featured a repositioning of those four lines inside 口; this later evolved into the combination used today of 口 mouth and 八 divide which meant a dispersal of breath. It could thus be said that four is a borrowed meaning for this character.

[edit] Han character

四 (radical 31 囗+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 田金 (WC), four-corner 6021₀, composition ⿴囗儿)

1. four

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 216, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4682
• Dae Jaweon: page 439, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 710, character 16
• Unihan data for U+56DB

[edit] See also

• Chinese Numeral 四
  • Last: 三 (three)
  • Next: 五 (five)

[edit] Usage notes

Wikipedia

As superstition, 四 is avoided because similar to 死 (death) in sound.

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

四 (Yale sei3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Number

四 (よん, yon)

1. four, 4

[edit] Noun

四 (hiragana よん, romaji yon) or 四 (hiragana し, romaji shi)

1. four
2. fourth

[edit] Etymology

/yo2/: [jə] > [jo].

[edit] Noun

四 (hiragana よ, romaji yo)

1. four

[edit] Kanji

四 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: よ (yo), よつ (yotsu), よっつ (yottsu), よん (yon)
• Nanori: あ (a), つ (tsu), よつ (yotsu)

[edit] Compounds

• 四季 (shiki): four seasons
• 四股 (shiko):
• 四捨五入 (shishagonyuu): rounding up (fractions)
• 四則計算 (shizoku):
• 四大
• 四天王 (shitennou):
• 四面楚歌 (shimenzoka):
• 四月 (shigatsu): April

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

四
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 사 (revised: sa, McCune-Reischauer: sa, Yale: sa)

• Name (hangeul): 넉 (revised: neok, McCune-Reischauer: nŏk, Yale: nek)

1. four

[edit] Compounds

• 四角
• 四捨五入
• 四季
• 四肢
• 四天王
• 四時
• 再三再四
• 四方
• 正四角形
• 正四面體
• 正四品

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Etymology

From Old Chinese *slyiy, affected by *s- of preceding *sum "3" (三) < Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p-lëy "four" (compare Classical Tibetan bzhi)

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Cardinal number

四 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin sì)

1. four

[edit] Noun

四 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin sì)

1. (musical note) la

[edit] See also

• 工尺

[edit] Derived terms

• 四…八…
• 四壁
• 四边, 四边儿
• 四边形
• 四不像
• 四部
• 四重奏
• 四出
• 四处
• 四大皆空
• 四方
• 四顾
• 四海
• 四合房
• 四合院
• 四呼
• 四季
• 四角号码
• 四脚蛇
• 四邻
• 四面八方
• 四面楚歌
• 四拇指
• 四声
• 四时
• 四体
• 四外
• 四围
• 四维空间
• 四仙桌
• 四则
• 四肢
• 四周
• 四周围

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

四 (tứ, tớ, tư)

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA:

Latin Alphabet: szˋ

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄙˋ