四
four; 4
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #240 U+56DB
How 四 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A child 儿 in a room with four walls 囗
How to remember it
four · Heisig RSH #4
口 mouth + human legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 四 as their sound component
These characters all use 四 (sì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四 sound component | sì | four |
| 泗 | sì | mucus; to sniffle; a river in Shandong province |
Words containing 四
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不三不四 | bù sān bù sì | (idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescrip… |
| 四下无人 | sì xià wú rén | there are no other people around |
| 四分之一 | sì fēn zhī yī | one-quarter |
| 四会市 | Sì huì Shì | Sihui, a county-level city in Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhao4 qing4 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 四大发明 | sì dà fā míng | the Four Great Inventions (papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder, traditionall… |
| 四平市 | Sì píng Shì | Siping, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] |
| 四日市 | Sì rì shì | Yokkaichi (city in Japan) |
| 四面体 | sì miàn tǐ | tetrahedron |
| 四方台区 | Sì fāng tái Qū | Sifangtai, a district of Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 四大 | sì dà | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking ou… |
| 大四 | dà sì | fourth year of university |
| 四海为家 | sì hǎi wéi jiā | to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to … |
| 四下里 | sì xià li | all around |
| 四国 | Sì guó | Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan) |
| 四大天王 | sì dà tiān wáng | the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra); the four guardians or warrior attendants of Budd… |
| 四川外国语大学 | Sì chuān Wài guó yǔ Dà xué | Sichuan International Studies University (SISU) |
| 四一二 | sì yī èr | 12th April; refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in … |
| 四小龙 | Sì Xiǎo lóng | Four Asian Tigers; East Asian Tigers; Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Tai… |
| 四一二事变 | sì yī èr shì biàn | the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists; calle… |
| 四海 | sì hǎi | (fig.) the whole world |