Chinese Character 四 Meanings and components.

Form

四

Meaning

四 meaning[3] in English

Four.

4.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 四 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are enclosure (囗) , and variant of 人[ren2] (儿)

Its radical[1] is: 囗 (wei2) which means: Enclosure, .囗wei2enclosure

In cangjie it is written with WC

How to write 四

To write四si4four you should write a combination of 囗wei2enclosure , 儿er2variant of … arranged in a 回 shape:

囗 + 儿 = 四

四 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 四 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 四, looks as follow:

四
Pinyin:si4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Four . 4
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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