四つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よっ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
4つ
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
4つ

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っつ [yòttsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞t̚t͡sɨ]
  • っつ
  • Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent not deaccented before の (Tōkyō)

Noun

() or (よっ) • (yotsu or yottsu

  1. four things [small or without a counter category]

Usage notes

(よっ) (yottsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

See also

Japanese counter/suffix: (tsu)
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
1一つひとつhitotsu
2二つふたつfutatsu
3三つみっつ、みつmittsu, mitsu
4四つよっつ、よつyottsu, yotsu
5五ついつつitsutsu
6六つむっつ、むつmuttsu, mutsu
7七つななつnanatsu
8八つやっつ、やつyattsu, yatsu
9九つここのつkokonotsu
?幾ついくつikutsu

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN