Kanji Reference:Shi

The Kanji

四

Unicode character number - hex 56DB/decimal 22235

Stroke Order

1. The left-most vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom.
2. The top-most horizontal line and rightmost vertical line are done in one stroke, from top-left to bottom-right.
3. The small vertical stroke inside the 'box' on the left is done, from top to bottom.
4. The L-shaped stroke is done, from top-left to bottom-right.
5. The bottom-most horizontal stroke is done, from left to right.

On Readings

shi

Kun Readings (hiragana suffix in brackets)

yot(tsu), yo(tsu), yo-, yon-

Meaning(s)