四
Meanings
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- 1.four
- 2.4
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Wiktionary
- 1.four
- 2.in or from the four directions
- 3.la (musical note)
- 4.English; The size of type between 小四 (little 4) and 小三 (little 3), standardized as 14 point.
- 5.Kunqu gongche notation for the note low la (6̣).
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形): a nose exhaling. Original form of 呬 (OC *hrids). Later phonetically borrowed to represent 四 (OC *hljids, “four”). The word "four" was written as 亖 before Western Zhou and 四 appeared in late Spring and Autumn period. This alternative form was used to prevent confusion of 亖 and 二 (“two”) or 三 (“three”) in vertical writing. It was standardized in Qin dynasty. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
四個人用餐。
A table for four, please.
湯姆四處搜尋。
Tom searched everywhere.
我家有四個人。
We are a family of four.
我四點要離開。
I am leaving at four.
我會等到四點。
I'll wait till four o'clock.
圖書館在四樓。
The library is on the 4th floor.
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