Moto 四: FourKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シ
- Kun'yomi
- よ、よ(つ)、よっ(つ)、よん
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 392 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シ)
- 十四じゅうし14; fourteen
- 四しfour
- 四月しがつApril
- 四球しきゅうfour balls; base on balls
- 四半期しはんきquarter (of a year)
- 四季しきthe four seasons
- 四方しほうthe four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west
- 四死球ししきゅうbases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen
- 四重奏しじゅうそうinstrumental quartet
- 四六時中しろくじちゅうaround the clock; day and night
- 四分五裂しぶんごれつtorn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
- 四十九日しじゅうくにちforty-ninth day after a person's death
- 四国しこくShikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
- 四天王してんのうthe Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana)
- 四川しせんSichuan (China); Szechuan
- 四手しでzigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
- 四捨五入ししゃごにゅうrounding (fractions); rounding half up
- 四肢ししthe (four) limbs; arms and legs
- 四苦八苦しくはっくbeing in dire distress; being hard put to it
- 四角しかくquadrilateral; square
- 四角いしかくいsquare; rectangular
- 四面しめんfour sides; all sides
- 真四角ましかくsquare
- なくて七癖あって四十八癖なくてななくせあってしじゅうはっくせevery person has their eccentricities
- まっ四角まっしかくsquare
- ま四角ましかくsquare
- エチレンジアミン四酢酸エチレンジアミンしさくさんethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; EDTA
- 一二四いちにしfour-of-a-kind and a pair in a dealt hand
- 一天四海いってんしかいthe world; the universe
- 一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさいmost thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)
- 一眼二足三胆四力いちがんにそくさんたんしりきthe important aspects of kendo (vision, footwork, courage, technique)
- 三寒四温さんかんしおんalternation of three cold and four warm days
- 上位四校じょういしこうschools of the upper quartile; highly ranked schools
- 下四半期しもしはんきlast quarter (of the year)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 四十よんじゅうforty; 40
- 四百よんひゃく400; four hundred
- 四つよっつfour
- 四千よんせんfour thousand; 4,000
- 二十四時間制にじゅうよじかんせいaround-the-clock system
- 四本よんほんfour (long cylindrical things)
- 四輪車よんりんしゃautomobile; car
- 四畳半よじょうはんfour and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room
- 二十四日にじゅうよっかtwenty-fourth day of the month
- 十四日じゅうよっかfourteenth day of the month
- 右四つみぎよつhold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left
- 四つ切りよつぎりcutting into four; quarter
- 四つ角よつかどfour corners
- 四人よにんfour people
- 四日よっかfourth day of the month
- 四時よじfour o'clock
- 四隅よすみfour corners
- 左四つひだりよつhold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
- がっぷり四つがっぷりよつgrappling firmly; being locked together
- ルマン二十四時間レースルマンにじゅうよじかんレース24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans 24-Hour Race
- 一都一道二府四十三県いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけんadministrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkaido, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining 43 prefectures
- 三四日さんよっかthree or four days
Other readings
- 六十四分音符ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ64th note; hemidemisemiquaver
- 四つ相撲よつずもうwrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands
- ファロー四徴症ファローしちょうこうtetralogy of Fallot
- ル・マン二十四時間レースルマンにじゅうよじかんレース24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans 24-Hour Race
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