Jisho

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四

5 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
儿 囗
Variants:
亖
four
Kun:
よ、 よ.つ、 よっ.つ、 よん
On:
シ
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

方

4 strokes
Radical:
square 方
Parts:
方
direction, person, alternative
Kun:
かた、 -かた、 -がた
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
46 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 方 【ホウ】 direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction), side (of an argument, etc.), one's part, type, category, field (of study, etc.), indicates one side of a comparison, way, method, manner, means, length (of each side of a square)
  • 方言 【ホウゲン】 dialect, provincialism
  • 途方 【トホウ】 way, destination, reason
  • 処方 【ショホウ】 prescription (of medicine), formula

Kun reading compounds

  • 方 【かた】 direction, way, person, lady, gentleman, method of, manner of, way of, care of ..., person in charge of ..., side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
  • 方々 【かたがた】 people, (all) persons, everyone, ladies and gentlemen, you (usu. plural)
  • 親方 【おやかた】 master, boss, chief, foreman, supervisor, stable master, craftsman, artisan, foster parent
  • 出方 【でかた】 attitude, approach, move, theater usher, theatre usher

Readings

Japanese names:
から、 な、 なた、 ふさ、 まさ、 みち、 も、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang1
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • dirección
  • lado
  • cuadrado
  • método
  • manera
  • persona
  • forma de hacer

Portuguese

  • direção
  • pessoa
  • alternativa

French

  • direction
  • personne
  • alternative
138 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
223 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
204 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
28 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2082 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
26 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
182 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
85 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
70 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
957 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2459 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1709 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
501 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13620 Morohashi
1963 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2389 New Nelson (John Haig)
490 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
529 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
25 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
102 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
445 2001 Kanji
4h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-42-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65b9 Unicode hex code

反

4 strokes
Radical:
right hand 又
Parts:
厂 又
anti-
Kun:
そ.る、 そ.らす、 かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
On:
ハン、 ホン、 タン、 ホ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
191 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 反 【ハン】 anti-, antithesis, fanqie, traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
  • 反映 【ハンエイ】 reflection (of light), reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.), application (of an update, changes, etc.), taking effect
  • 離反 【リハン】 estrangement, alienation, disaffection, desertion, defection, breakaway
  • 造反 【ゾウハン】 rebellion
  • 反故 【ホゴ】 wastepaper, scrap paper
  • 謀反 【ムホン】 rebellion, revolt, insurrection, treason
  • 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
  • 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
  • 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
  • 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare
  • 反故 【ホゴ】 wastepaper, scrap paper
  • 反古籠 【ホグカゴ】 wastebasket

Kun reading compounds

  • 反る 【そる】 to warp, to curve, to arch, to bend, to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
  • 反らす 【そらす】 to bend, to warp, to curve
  • 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
  • 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely

Readings

Japanese names:
そり、 た
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan3
Korean:
ban, beon

Spanish

  • anti-
  • opuesto
  • devolver
  • reflejar
  • curvarse

Portuguese

  • anti-

French

  • anti-
492 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
393 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
371 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
183 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
817 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
342 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
391 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
69 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
324 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
324 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
362 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
267 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3663 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1869 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2549 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
730 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3127 Morohashi
2945 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
674 New Nelson (John Haig)
722 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
779 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
146 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
244 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3367 2001 Kanji
2p2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
7124.7 Four corner code
1-40-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53cd Unicode hex code

鉋

13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
勹 已 金
carpenter's plane
Kun:
かんな
On:
ホウ、 ビョウ

Speed

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Kun reading compounds

  • 鉋 【かんな】 plane (woodworking tool)
  • 鉋掛け 【かんなかけ】 planing (wood)
  • 反り台鉋 【そりだいかんな】 wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
  • 台直し鉋 【だいなおしかんな】 plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao4
Korean:
po

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4838 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
40292 Morohashi
6248 New Nelson (John Haig)
8a5.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8711.2 Four corner code
1-78-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
924b Unicode hex code