四 (sì) — four
Definition
numeral
four
Easily confused
Examples
- 。Xiàn zài sì diǎn le.It's four o'clock now.
- 四。Wǒ yǒu sì běn shū.I have four books.
- 四。Wǒ men sì gè rén.The four of us.
Origin
Pictograph六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíngA drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.
The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.
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