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

21 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
look back, review, examine oneself, turn around
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1058 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 顧問 【コモン】 adviser, advisor, consultant
  • 顧客 【コキャク】 customer, client, patron
  • 一顧 【イッコ】 slightest notice, slightest consideration, slightest attention, a little thought, glance
  • 後顧 【コウコ】 looking back, worry, anxiety

Kun reading compounds

  • 顧みる 【かえりみる】 to look back on (the past), to reflect on, to reminisce about, to look behind (at), to turn round (and look), to look over one's shoulder, to consider, to concern oneself about, to take notice of, to pay attention to, to take into consideration

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu4
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • reflejarse
  • volverse hacia
  • mirar hacia atrás
  • reflexionar
  • repasar
  • revisar

Portuguese

  • recordar
  • revisão
  • auto-examinar
  • voltar-se

French

  • considération
  • conseiller
  • revoir
  • reconsidérer
  • retourner
1235 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1388 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5141 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1341 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1902 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2929 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1554 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1656 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1648 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1898 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2394 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1677 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1093 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43689P Morohashi
1900 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6655 New Nelson (John Haig)
1084 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1165 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1941 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3061 2001 Kanji
9a12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-12-9 SKIP code
3128.6 Four corner code
1-24-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9867 Unicode hex code