Hanja Analyzer
四

四 — sa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
넉 사
Romanization
sa
English
four
Mandarin
sì
Japanese on'yomi
シ, シツ, シチ
Japanese kun'yomi
よ よ.つ よっ.つ よん
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#47 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
囗 (31, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+56DB

Parts that make up 四

  • 囗 나라 국, 에워쌀 위 둘러친 울타리에워싸인 것과 그 안
  • 儿 여덟 팔Japanese form of 八 좌우로 갈라진 획 둘나뉘고 갈라지는 것

Korean example words with 四

  • 사처四處 Korean gloss: 여러 곳
  • 사해四海 Korean gloss: 온 세상
  • 사위四圍 Korean gloss: 사방의 둘레
  • 사주四周 Korean gloss: 사방의 둘레
  • 사맥四脈 Korean gloss: 사지(四肢)의 맥
  • 사면四面 Korean gloss: 전후좌우의 모든 방면
  • 사종四從 Korean gloss: 십촌뻘 되는 형제자매
  • 사배四拜 Korean gloss: 네 번 절함. 또는 그런 절
  • 사족四足 Korean gloss: ‘사지’를 속되게 이르는 말
  • 사문四門 Korean gloss: 사방의 문. 또는 네 개의 문
  • 사벽四壁 Korean gloss: 사방의 벽. 또는 방의 네 벽
  • 사월四月 Korean gloss: 한 해 열두 달 가운데 넷째 달

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 四

  • 四し four; 4
  • 十四じゅうし fourteen; 14
  • 四球しきゅう base on balls; walk; pass
  • 四つよっつ four; 4; four years of age
  • 四半期しはんき quarter (of a year)
  • 二十四時間制にじゅうよじかんせい around-the-clock system
  • 六十四分音符ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ 64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
  • 四季しき the four seasons
  • 四方しほう the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
  • 四重奏しじゅうそう instrumental quartet
  • 四死球ししきゅう bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen
  • 四本よんほん four (long cylindrical things)

Characters sharing the phonetic 四

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “사” in Korean.

Other hanja read “사”

Other hanja with radical 囗

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