Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
four
Kun:
よ.つよっ.つよん
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
47 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

  • 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

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 つ、 よつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • cuatro
  • 4

Portuguese

  • quatro

French

  • quatre
4 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
4 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
26 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
18 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1025 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
188 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
6 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
6 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
335 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3778 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2620 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
4 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4682 Morohashi
3044 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
938 New Nelson (John Haig)
4 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
4 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
114 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
37 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
3s2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6021.0 Four corner code
1-27-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56db Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question
Kun:
しるし
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
850 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 徴 【チョウ】 sign, indication, symptom, call, summons, requisition, expropriation
  • 兆候 【チョウコウ】 sign, indication, omen, symptom
  • 追徴 【ツイチョウ】 supplementary charge, additional collection
  • 吉兆 【キッチョウ】 lucky omen, good omen
  • 徴 【チ】 fourth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
  • 徴 【チョウ】 sign, indication, symptom, call, summons, requisition, expropriation
  • 変徴 【ヘンチ】 note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale

Kun reading compounds

  • 徴 【しるし】 sign, indication, omen

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng1
Korean:
jing, chi

Spanish

  • llamar
  • reunir
  • reclutar
  • signo
  • síntoma
  • efecto

Portuguese

  • indicações
  • sinal
  • presságios
  • sintoma
  • colecionar
  • procurar
  • referir-se
  • perguntar

French

  • indication
  • signe
  • symptôme
  • chercher
  • collecter (taxes)
  • appel
1596 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1026 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1634 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1384 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1285 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2265 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1420 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1509 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
636 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
841 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
485 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
622 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
896 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10238P Morohashi
683 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1768 New Nelson (John Haig)
887 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
952 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1702 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2066 2001 Kanji
3i11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
2824.0 Four corner code
1-36-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fb4 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:
symptoms, illness
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 症 【ショウ】 illness, condition, -pathy
  • 症候群 【ショウコウグン】 syndrome
  • 自閉症 【ジヘイショウ】 autism
  • 後遺症 【コウイショウ】 prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4, zheng1
Korean:
jeung

Spanish

  • síntoma
  • señal
  • enfermedad

Portuguese

  • sintomas
  • doença

French

  • symptôme
  • maladie
1397 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
955 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3039 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1563 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1545 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1318 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1400 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1363 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1350 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4065 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2062 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2794 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1701 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22140 Morohashi
3280 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3795 New Nelson (John Haig)
1685 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1816 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1369 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
573 2001 Kanji
5i5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-5 SKIP code
0011.1 Four corner code
1-30-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75c7 Unicode hex code