On Reading
Chinese reading
シ
Kun Reading
Japanese reading
よ(つ)よよん
Example Words
四つよっつ
four (things)
四月しがつ
April
四人よにん
four people
Memory Tip
Remember this kanji
Four walls of a room with legs 八 inside - a room with four corners!
Common Mistakes
Watch out for
シ sounds like "death" (死) in Japanese, so よん is often used instead to avoid bad luck.
Radical
Building block
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