Kanji

four

Kanji

Grade

Grade 1

Strokes

5 strokes

Radical

囗部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

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

よん
四番の席に座ってください。

Please sit in seat number four.

1日 いちにち
1日は二十四時間だ。

A day is twenty-four hours.

四人 よにん
私たちは四人家族です。

We are a family of four.

四十 よんじゅう
父は今年で四十歳になります。

My father turns forty this year.

超える こえる
今年の夏は、最高気温が四十度を超える日が多かった

This summer, there were many days when the maximum temperature exceeded 40 degrees.

四つ よっつ
ケーキを四つに分けた。

I divided the cake into four pieces.

グループ グループ
クラスを四つのグループに分けて、話し合いを始めた。

The class was divided into four groups, and the discussion began.

四方 しほう
私の家は四方を高い山に囲まれている。

My house is surrounded on all sides by high mountains.

島国 しまぐに
日本は四方を海に囲まれた島国です。

Japan is an island nation surrounded on all sides by the sea.

第四 だいよん
彼は第四コーナーを回って一気に加速した。

He rounded the fourth corner and accelerated all at once.

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