Kanji Practice: Building Confidence in Your Calligraphy Skills
Multiple examples of four-character compounds and four-letter words are presented on one page with examples of four-character compounds displayed by various designs focusing on four-character compounds and four-letter words.
We express four-character idioms in various designs, such as Mincho, Gyosho, Gothic, and Sosho styles. These can serve as general examples for lettering in Japanese, posters (handmade signs), and calligraphy assignments like the New Year's calligraphy tradition.
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 Mincho Font |
Textbook Font |
Gyousho Font |
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| Maru Gothic |
Anxiety |
Brush Pen |
Sosho Font |
We have put together a one-page sample of such a design for one four-character phrase.
Kanji characters may be missing if they are old or special characters (Unicode).
Understanding the Cultural Significance of Kanji and Shūji
| Character Illustration | four-character idiomatic compounds |
321 花八層倍 322 不易流行  323 芙蓉覆水  324 背信棄義  325 豊衣飽食  326 暴虐非道  327 不正不公  328 保養鬱散  329 眉目秀麗  330 分甘共苦  331 肥大繁殖  332 杯賢杓聖  333 鬢糸茶烟  334 褒衣博帯  335 放肆遊惰  336 茅堵蕭然  337 南風之歌  338 白駒空谷  339 馬歯徒増  340 風光霽月  |
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341 不説一字 342 贔屓偏頗  343 萍水相逢  344 布帛菽粟  345 戊戌政変  346 貧賤之知  347 敗俗傷化  348 百薬之長  349 兵車之会  350 非義非道  351 夫家之征  352 布衣之交  353 伯夷叔斉  354 没分暁漢  355 百世之師  356 腹心之疾  357 反哺之羞  358 描虎類狗  359 被官郎党  360 破竹之勢  |
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| Character Illustration | four-character idiomatic compounds |
361 貧女一灯 362 盤楽遊嬉  363 百挫不折  364 万古長春  365 麦秀黍離  366 百花斉放  367 米塩博弁  368 認奴作郎  369 不解衣帯  370 暴君暴吏  371 日就月将  372 奮励努力  373 必求壟断  374 法華三昧  375 百口嘲謗  376 百二山河  377 朋友有信  378 攀轅扣馬  379 吠日之怪  380 反哺之心  |
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381 放佚無慙 382 不倫不類  383 亡脣寒歯  384 馬歯日増  385 年年歳歳  386 粉骨砕身  387 不離不即  388 浮華軽薄  389 庇葉傷枝  390 文房四宝  391 文恬武嬉  392 墨子悲染  393 遍地開花  394 忍辱負重  395 文筆之才  396 熛至風起  397 匍匐膝行  398 無礼千万  399 腐敗堕落  400 忘恩負義  |
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Significance of Font Design
They play an important role in the communication and visual presentation of information. First, fonts can greatly affect the impression of a message depending on the shape and style of the letters. For example, serif fonts give a traditional, formal impression, while sans-serif fonts create a modern, clean look.
They also contribute to readability and legibility and are designed to aid visual attraction and understanding, especially in advertising and publications. In addition, fonts can serve as part of a brand identity, a means of expressing the personality of a company or product.
About precautions How to write and read four-character phrases |
This homepage introduces how to write various four-character phrases.
Some kanji characters may be garbled because they are not supported in the font-based character design. We have also taken care to ensure that there are no mistakes in the kanji and reading notations, but there may be kanji mistakes or conversion errors.
The introduction of typefaces is only shown as an example as a sample of typeface design. Even similar fonts may differ in minor details. It is not intended to indicate superiority or inferiority of any typeface.
The font and cursive typefaces shown on this page are not necessarily correct, as they often reflect the individuality of the person actually writing them.
When accuracy is required for school assignments, exams, work, etc., please confirm the correctness of the kanji, readings, and meanings of 4-kanji compounds with a Japanese dictionary, idiomatic expression dictionary, or other reliable source. Text and images on this site may not be reproduced or redistributed.