四
부수: 囗
획수: 5획
四 simply means four.
四 = 四
X = phonetic borrowing
• 四 depicts a nose with air exhaling from the nostrils. This illustration is clear in the historical forms.
Evolution:
四 = to exhale ➔ borrowed use ➔ four
Mnemonic
Imagine 四 as a pig’s nose with four equal-length sides.
Vocab
| 四 | 사 | four |
| 四月 | 사월 | April |
| 四角形 | 사각형 | a square |
| 四거리 | 사거리 | a crossroad |
| 四寸 | 사촌 | cousin |
| 四球 | 사구 | walk to first base (baseball) |
| 四肢 | 사지 | the limbs |
| 四柱 | 사주 | fortune (four pillars) |
| 四季節 | 사계절 | the four seasons |
| 四倍 | 사배 | quadruple |
| 四分期 | 사분기 | quarter-yearly |
| 四重奏 | 사중주 | a quartet |
| 四面 | 사면 | all sides |
| 四方 | 사방 | the four directions; everywhere; all sides |
| 四方八方 | 사방 팔방 | everywhere (all directions) |
Additional notes
四 was originally 亖.
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 四].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 147]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 四].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 28]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.