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Kanji Reference:Shi

Table of contents
1 The Kanji
2 Stroke Order
3 On Readings
4 Kun Readings (hiragana suffix in brackets)
5 Meaning(s)
6 See also

The Kanji

四

Unicode character number - hex 56DB/decimal 22235

Stroke Order

  1. The left-most vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom.
  2. The top-most horizontal line and rightmost vertical line are done in one stroke, from top-left to bottom-right.
  3. The small vertical stroke inside the 'box' on the left is done, from top to bottom.
  4. The L-shaped stroke is done, from top-left to bottom-right.
  5. The bottom-most horizontal stroke is done, from left to right.

On Readings

shi

Kun Readings (hiragana suffix in brackets)

yot(tsu), yo(tsu), yo-, yon-

Meaning(s)

Japanese English
shi, yot(tsu), yo(tsu), yo-, yon- four

See also