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Kanji for Four
The kanji for “four” is 四, read shi and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
四
four
Four; the four seasons.
5 strokes On reading シ (shi) Kun reading よ、よつ、よっつ (yo, yotsu, yottsu) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: four
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shi, yo, yon
In Japan it appears in about 586 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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