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四 — four; 4

Pinyin
sì
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

How to write 四: 5 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

四 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 四 in the HSK syllabus: 11

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 四sìfour; 4HSK 1
  2. 四季sìjìfour seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]HSK 3
  3. 四处sìchùall over the place; everywhere and all directionsHSK 5
  4. 四周sìzhōuall aroundHSK 5
  5. 丢三落四diūsān-làsìforgetful; empty-headedHSK 7–9
  6. 四方sìfāngfour-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhereHSK 7–9
  7. 四面八方sìmiàn-bāfāngall directions; all aroundHSK 7–9
  8. 四通八达sìtōng-bādároads open in all directions; accessible from all sidesHSK 7–9
  9. 四肢sìzhīthe four limbs of the bodyHSK 7–9
  10. 五湖四海wǔhú-sìhǎiall parts of the countryHSK 7–9
  11. 朝三暮四zhāosān-mùsìlit. say three in the morning but four in the evening; to change sth that is already settled uponHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.