亖

See also: 四 and 肆
亖 U+4E96, 亖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E96
← 井
[U+4E95] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亗 →
[U+4E97]

Translingual

Han character

亖 (radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一一一 (MMMM), four-corner 10101, composition ⿱二二)

References
  • KangXi: page 87, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 259
  • Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 10, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4E96

Chinese

Glyph origin

一 written four times (compare 二 and 三); firstly appeared in oracle bone script and commonly used before Qin Dynasty. It became obsolete after the standardization of writing in the Qin dynasty.

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 亖 – see 四 (“four; la; etc.”).
(This character, 亖, is an ancient form of 四.)

Japanese

Kanji
亖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. (archaic) four
Readings
  • Go-on: し (shi)
  • Kan-on: し (shi)
  • Kun: よ (yo, 亖); よつ (yotsu, 亖つ); よっつ (yottsu, 亖つ); よん (yon, 亖)

Usage notes

Non-standard for 四

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