肆
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four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton; (literary) shop
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 聿 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 肆
- Common rank
- #2,987
- Unicode
- U+8086
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Formation & memory
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How 肆 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Having long 镸 hair 聿
Components 镸 聿
How to remember it
IV · Heisig RSH #2957
brush + elbow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 肆
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大肆攻击 | to vilify sb wantonly; unrestrained attack (on sb) | |
| 大肆鼓吹 | to advocate vociferously | |
| 肆意妄为 | see 恣意妄為|恣意妄为[zi4 yi4 wang4 wei2] | |
| 大肆 | wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled | |
| 肆行 | to act recklessly | |
| 肆意 | wantonly; recklessly; willfully | |
| 酒肆 | wine shop; liquor store; bottle shop; bar; pub | |
| 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 食肆 | restaurant; eatery | |
| 肆无忌惮 | absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple | |
| 肆虐 | to wreak havoc; to devastate | |
| 恣肆 | unrestrained; unbridled; free and unrestrained (style); bold |