Read Edit View history 四 sì HSK1 four Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint In ancient texts the character 亖 (four horizontal strokes) was used. The current form 四 depicts breathing through the nose and is the original form of 呬. The use of 四 as a number is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas sì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 四 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 132, 606 ], [ 163, 582 ], [ 189, 529 ], [ 224, 229 ], [ 244, 159 ] ], [ [ 187, 595 ], [ 227, 581 ], [ 466, 625 ], [ 712, 650 ], [ 801, 654 ], [ 833, 638 ], [ 866, 588 ], [ 816, 348 ], [ 781, 226 ], [ 760, 193 ], [ 755, 149 ] ], [ [ 377, 587 ], [ 408, 560 ], [ 387, 462 ], [ 351, 379 ], [ 298, 316 ] ], [ [ 530, 611 ], [ 571, 584 ], [ 566, 446 ], [ 579, 393 ], [ 608, 377 ], [ 638, 373 ], [ 699, 371 ], [ 732, 379 ] ], [ [ 263, 216 ], [ 285, 201 ], [ 651, 229 ], [ 697, 224 ], [ 706, 211 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 181 600 Q 160 612 138 618 Q 131 621 125 615 Q 115 608 127 596 Q 187 488 192 250 Q 193 186 231 153 Q 234 150 239 147 Q 258 141 260 176 Q 260 179 260 181 L 256 222 Q 255 237 233 382 Q 223 476 218 552 C 216 582 208 586 181 600 Z", "M 717 200 Q 732 151 739 143 Q 746 131 756 132 Q 768 133 780 152 Q 822 206 870 461 Q 880 527 903 564 Q 916 579 914 589 Q 915 605 874 643 Q 825 691 790 679 Q 784 679 778 677 Q 756 673 680 666 Q 451 647 302 616 Q 220 604 181 600 C 151 597 189 543 218 552 Q 222 553 236 558 Q 294 576 370 589 L 410 596 Q 485 611 523 611 L 589 618 Q 686 630 773 631 Q 798 632 810 616 Q 825 603 823 571 Q 820 493 784 354 Q 759 245 748 231 Q 747 227 739 225 Q 733 226 726 230 C 709 223 709 223 717 200 Z", "M 370 589 Q 391 546 349 422 Q 336 386 316 357 Q 306 341 296 326 Q 292 322 289 316 Q 286 307 295 308 Q 322 308 372 379 Q 408 436 424 507 Q 428 529 436 547 Q 443 559 439 570 Q 429 585 410 596 C 385 612 359 617 370 589 Z", "M 523 611 Q 524 608 529 604 Q 545 585 545 536 Q 546 493 546 439 Q 545 384 570 366 Q 592 345 691 351 Q 725 352 735 368 Q 745 378 738 386 Q 731 393 634 397 Q 589 400 587 441 Q 581 502 605 588 Q 609 603 601 612 Q 597 616 589 618 C 562 631 504 634 523 611 Z", "M 260 181 Q 270 180 283 180 Q 421 199 717 200 C 747 200 748 209 726 230 Q 693 269 620 252 Q 418 225 256 222 C 226 221 230 183 260 181 Z" ] } 5 strokes 四 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 128, 609 ], [ 184, 554 ], [ 240, 151 ] ], [ [ 182, 594 ], [ 226, 580 ], [ 746, 653 ], [ 830, 639 ], [ 868, 579 ], [ 749, 138 ] ], [ [ 377, 591 ], [ 408, 526 ], [ 364, 406 ], [ 296, 314 ] ], [ [ 530, 618 ], [ 573, 588 ], [ 582, 392 ], [ 736, 375 ] ], [ [ 251, 208 ], [ 677, 228 ], [ 731, 205 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M181,600C167,608 136,625 125,615C117,609 121,606 127,596C169,526 188,410 192,250C192,209 212,157 239,147C250,143 256,158 260,181C262,195 258,209 256,222C249,262 246,287 233,382C224,446 221,502 218,552C218,572 199,591 181,600Z", "M723,196C727,172 730,132 756,132C764,133 771,140 780,152C807,189 839,291 870,461C877,505 886,541 903,564C910,575 914,584 914,589C913,601 899,619 874,643C839,676 813,684 790,679C768,675 719,672 680,668C552,656 451,643 302,618C246,609 207,603 181,600C161,596 199,544 218,552C270,570 319,581 370,589C397,594 397,594 410,596C451,604 504,609 523,611C567,616 567,616 589,618C653,625 746,632 773,631C788,631 800,626 810,616C819,607 825,593 823,571C807,451 793,364 757,252C751,234 745,230 734,230C722,230 721,208 723,196Z", "M370,589C386,555 383,500 349,422C338,399 295,328 289,316C286,311 289,308 295,308C313,309 341,330 372,379C417,453 426,510 444,541C454,560 437,578 410,596C399,604 365,602 370,589Z", "M523,611C549,578 551,556 546,439C544,403 555,381 572,366C584,357 610,351 665,351C695,352 719,356 728,360C745,370 743,379 738,386C727,398 692,393 640,397C609,400 592,406 589,441C585,483 589,529 605,586C607,601 602,615 589,618C568,626 510,629 523,611Z", "M260,181C279,180 496,198 687,200C699,200 711,201 723,196C734,192 741,221 734,230C712,256 677,259 628,252C503,236 361,226 256,222C242,222 246,181 260,181Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.