meaning'four'
 onyomi
 kunyomiよ, よ.つ, よっ.つ, よん
termpronunciationEnglish
よんfour
四つよっつfour things
よんぶんのいちone quarter
じゅうよんfourteen
よんかいfour times
しきfour seasons
よねんfour years
ししゃごにゅうrounding up (fractions)
よっかfourth day of the month
よじfour o'clock
しがつApril
しかくsquare
しかくいsquare
四つよつかどfour corners, crossroads
四つよつずもうsumo wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands
しろくじちゅうaround the clock, day and night (Note: 4 x 6 = 24)
しぶんごれつ, しぶごれつtorn asunder, disrupted and disorganized
よんじゅう, しじゅう, よそforty
しじゅうしちしThe 47 Ronin
よんせんfour thousand
しはんきquarter (of a year)
しきゅうfour balls, base on balls (baseball), a walk
よじょうはん4.5 tatami mats
よんひゃくfour hundred
ししlimbs, extremities
よんりんしゃautomobile, car
しじゅうそうinstrumental quartet
よすみfour corners
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