Please sit in seat number four.
四
four
Kanji
Grade
Grade 1
Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
囗部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
よ, よつ, よっつ, よん
Nanori (Name Reading)
ひろ, もち, もろ, よ, よつ, よよ
Common Readings
シ, よ, よっ…つ, よ…つ, よん
Example sentences
A day is twenty-four hours.
We are a family of four.
My father turns forty this year.
This summer, there were many days when the maximum temperature exceeded 40 degrees.
I divided the cake into four pieces.
The class was divided into four groups, and the discussion began.
My house is surrounded on all sides by high mountains.
Japan is an island nation surrounded on all sides by the sea.
He rounded the fourth corner and accelerated all at once.
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