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四つ

よっつ

four (things)

Mnemonic

Four 四, read よ here rather than し, which is what the native series prefers. Four wristwatches: よっつ.

Worth knowing

し is the Chinese reading of 四 and also the sound of 死, death, so よ and よん get used instead a great deal of the time.

Built from

four
Four walls with a pair of legs tucked inside. The shape is arbitrary. The old form was a picture of breath.

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