You should recognize the following in this picture: The boxes represent 囗, Sun Wukong represents 儿 ("son"), Socrates tells you that the pronunciation begins with "s" and the bathroom of the space station tells you that the fourth tone is used plus there's no final. Okay okay maybe the last piece of information is not that clear yet. Feel free to head over to the Gorodishes section to read more about the pronunciation encoding.
Now there are four boxes, and that's how the character's information itself is revealed: 四 (Sun Wukong in four boxes) means "four".
Upcoming next: A new character component, 丨, which will be useful to construct the character for "five".
四 |
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四
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四
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s |
Socrates. add a painting | |
Ø4 |
"Ø4" is happening in the bathroom of the space station. add a painting | |
四
si4
肢
zhi1 | the four limbs of the body (HSK level 6) | |
丢
diu1
三
san1
落
la4
四
si4 | forgetful / empty-headed (HSK level 6) | |
四
si4
大
da4 | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC) | |
一
yi1
年
nian2
四
si4
季
ji4 | all year round | |
四
si4
处
chu4 | all over the place / everywhere and all directions | |
四
si4
环
huan2
素
su4 | tetracycline | |
六
liu4
四
si4 | refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989 | |
四
si4
人
ren2
帮
bang1 | Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution | |
四
si4
季
ji4 | four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 | |
朝
zhao1
三
san1
暮
mu4
四
si4 | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold | |
说
shuo1
三
san1
道
dao4
四
si4 | to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) / to criticize / gossip | |
四
si4
邻
lin2 | one's nearest neighbors | |
低
di1
三
san1
下
xia4
四
si4 | servile | |
四
si4
起
qi3 | to spring up everywhere / from all around | |
四
si4
方
fang1 | four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere | |
四
si4
面
mian4
楚
chu3
歌
ge1 | lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help | |
四
si4
级
ji2 | grade 4 / fourth class / category D | |
四
si4
季
ji4
豆
dou4 | green bean / French bean / runner bean | |
四
si4
时
shi2 | the four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 | |
四
si4
周
zhou1 | all around | |
周
zhou1
四
si4 | Thursday | |
四
si4
面
mian4
八
ba1
方
fang1 | in all directions / all around / far and near | |
张
zhang1
三
san1
李
li3
四
si4 | Zhang and Li (idiom); Zhang with tight trousers and Li with wide hat / Tom, Dick and Harry | |
四
si4
边
bian1
形
xing2 | quadrilateral | |
四
si4
声
sheng1 | the four tones of classical Chinese phonetics, namely: level or even tone 平聲|平声, third tone 上聲|上声, fourth tone 去聲|去声, entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of modern standard Chinese pronunciation, namely: First or high level tone 陰平聲|阴平声, Second or rising tone 陽平聲|阳平声, Third or low-falling-raising tone 上聲|上声, Fourth or falling tone 去聲|去声 | |
四
si4
平
ping2
八
ba1
稳
wen3 | everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary | |
星
xing1
期
qi1
四
si4 | Thursday | |
四
si4
面
mian4 | all sides | |
四
si4
十
shi2 | forty / 40 | |
挑
tiao1
三
san1
拣
jian3
四
si4 | to be picky / to be choosy | |
四
si4
重
chong2
奏
zou4 | quartet (musical ensemble) | |
危
wei1
机
ji1
四
si4
伏
fu2 | danger lurks on every side (idiom) | |
四
si4
散
san4 | to disperse / to scatter in all directions | |
李
li3
四
si4 | Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry | |
四
si4
通
tong1
八
ba1
达
da2 | roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides | |
四
si4
方
fang1
步
bu4 | a slow march | |
五
wu3
湖
hu2
四
si4
海
hai3 | all over the world / everywhere under the sun | |
礼
li3
拜
bai4
四
si4 | Thursday | |
十
shi2
四
si4
行
hang2
诗
shi1 | sonnet | |
四
si4
分
fen1
之
zhi1
一
yi1 | one-quarter |