Character: 四
Modern (Beijing) reading: sì
Preclassic Old Chinese: slhijs
Classic Old Chinese: sl̥ić
Western Han Chinese: sl̥jǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: s(h)jǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jiś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jìj
Late Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jì
Middle Chinese: sjì
English meaning : four
Russian meaning[s]: 1) четыре; четвертый; четырежды; 2) четыре страны света; со всех сторон; во все стороны; повсюду; 3) сокр. апрель
Comments: For early OC a reconstruction *slhits is also possible. Vietnamese has a peculiar tone opposition: tú' 'four' - tu' 'fourth' (cf. analogically for 二 'two').
Radical: 31
Four-angle index: 1893
Karlgren code: 0518 a-d
Vietnamese reading: tú'
Jianchuan Bai: śi6
Dali Bai: śi6
Bijiang Bai: si6
Shijing occurrences: 53.1_, 57.3
