四(sì)

HSK 15 strokes

four

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Character information

Pinyin
sì
Meaning
four; 4
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 四 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿴囗儿

A child 儿 in a room with four walls 囗

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

囗wéi儿ér

Parts are arranged enclosing.

How to write 四 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 四

Common words using 四 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

wǔ五sì四

fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4t…

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liù六sì四

refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989

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zài再sì四

repeatedly; over and over again

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yī一nián年sì四jì季

all year round

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sān三qī妻sì四qiè妾

(idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem

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sān三cóng从sì四dé德

Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband a…

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sān三péng朋sì四yǒu友

friends; cronies

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bù不sān三bù不sì四

(idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondesc…

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