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四 sì — “four”
How to write and say the Chinese character 四 (sì), which means four — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 sì
Meaning · 意思 four
Strokes · 笔画 5
Radical · 部首 囗 (enclosure)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
四 is written with 5 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: a child 儿 in a room with four walls 囗.
A common word常用词
四季
the four seasons
Example sentence例句
一年有四个季节。
A year has four seasons.
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