四

Meanings: four, 4, fourth On Readings: シ shi Kun Readings: よん yon, よ yo, よっ（つ） yot(tsu), よ（つ） yo(tsu) Most Used Pronunciation: yon, shi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 口 Stroke Number: 5

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Common jukugo
四級 - よん　きゅう yon kyuu - 4th grade
四月 - し　がつ shi gatsu - April (4th Month)

Useful Examples
四人と一匹の犬。
yonnin to ippiki no inu.
Four people and one dog.

Look alike kanji
匹 四匹 yon hiki - 4 animals

Notes/Mnemonic
Ok this is where logic fails, but don't panic! Just think of 2 little legs dangling in a FOUR sided box.

These Kanji pages are created by several volunteers who deserve more praise than just a note at the bottom of the page! Dan (dan) and Sean (Mukade). If you would like to volunteer, please PM me (clay). We need people familiar with 2 kyuu or 1 kyuu kanji. Thanks!

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.