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四 — stroke order

sì
ㄙˋ
Meaning
four
Strokes
5
Radical
囗
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Watch how to write 四 (sì) stroke by stroke. 四 has 5 strokes and means “four”. It appears in common words such as 四處 (all over the place) and 四川 (Sichuan province in southwest China, a…). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 四

The most common words that use 四 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

四處sìchùall over the place四川sìchuānSichuan province in southwest China, a…週四zhōusìThursday四十sìshíforty十四shísìfourteen星期四xīngqīsìThursday

How 四 is written

Radical
囗
Components
囗 + 儿
Formation
Ideographic — A child 儿 in a room with four walls 囗.

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