Word Meaning 四三

しぞう shizou

四三 is read as しぞう (shizou) and means one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand.

Meaning

English

  1. one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand
  2. three and a four (in dice games)

Reading

Kana

しぞう

Romaji

shizou

Writing Variants

  • 四三 しさん shisan
  • 四三 しそう shisou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 96388 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四三の星

しそうのほし

the Big Dipper (asterism)

再三再四

さいさんさいし

repeatedly

一都一道二府四十三県

いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

秩父三十四所

ちちぶさんじゅうよんしょ

thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture

張三李四

ちょうさんりし

the common run of men

六三三四制

ろくさんさんよんせい

six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)

一眼二足三胆四力

いちがんにそくさんたんしりき

firstly vision, secondly footwork, thirdly courage, fourthly technique (the most important aspects of kendo)

four

四十

よそ

forty

四つ

よつ

burakumin

四千

しせん

four thousand

四本

しほん

four (long cylindrical things)