The Art of Kanji: Crafting Characters with Precision
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).
Four-Character Idioms: A Guide to Japanese Language Mastery
| Character Illustration | four-character idiomatic compounds |
 801 心腹之交 802 心腹之疾 803 心腹之友 804 心腹之病 805 人物月旦 806 神仏習合 807 神仏分離 808 心平気和 809 心平徳和 810 神変出没 811 深謀遠慮 812 人亡家破 813 心慕手追 814 心満意足 815 尽未来際 816 人面獣身 817 人面桃花 818 瞋目張胆 819 晨夜兼道 820 心融神会 |
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 821 神佑天助 822 迅雷風烈 823 斉東野語 824 斉東野人 825 盛徳大業 826 聖読庸行 827 生呑活剥 828 成敗利害 829 成敗利鈍 830 萋斐貝錦 831 精疲力尽 832 凄風苦雨 833 清風故人 834 清風明月 835 清風冷雨 836 清風朗月 837 声聞過情 838 精明強幹 839 声名狼藉 840 清籟蕭蕭 |
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| Character Illustration | four-character idiomatic compounds |
 841 星羅雲布 842 星羅棋布 843 青藍氷水 844 星離雨散 845 生離死絶 846 生離死別 847 勢利之交 848 精力旺盛 849 精力絶倫 850 勢力伯仲 851 精励恪勤 852 精励勤勉 853 精励刻苦 854 草茅下士 855 双眸炯炯 856 桑蓬之志 857 草茅之臣 858 桑濮之音 859 曾母投杼 860 草満囹圄 |
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 861 聡明英毅 862 窓明几潔 863 争名競利 864 聡明剛介 865 争名争利 866 争名奪利 867 草木皆兵 868 草木禽獣 869 装模作様 870 蒼蝿驥尾 871 叢蘭秋風 872 潜移黙化 873 前因後果 874 善因善果 875 扇影衣香 876 浅学寡聞 877 遷客騒人 878 浅学短才 879 先花後果 880 千歓万悦 |
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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.