亖

See also: 四 and 肆

Translingual

Han character

亖 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一一一 (MMMM), four-corner 1010₁, composition ⿱二二)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 87, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 259
• Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 10, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E96

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Chinese

Glyph origin

一 written four times (compare 二 and 三); firstly appeared in oracle bone script and commonly used before Qin Dynasty. It became obsolete after the standardization of writing in the Qin dynasty.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 亖 – see 四 (“four; four directions; all directions; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 四).

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Japanese

Kanji

亖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. (archaic) four

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: よ (yo, 亖); よつ (yotsu, 亖つ); よっつ (yo'tsu, 亖つ); よん (yon, 亖)

Usage notes

Non-standard for 四