四国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 四国 – see 四國 (“Shikoku; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven”). (This term is the simplified form of 四國).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

四国 (Shikoku): Shikoku.

Kanji in this term
四	国
し Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
四國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しこ​く [shìkóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) し​こく [shíꜜkòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

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Proper noun

四(し)国(こく) • (Shikoku) 

1. Shikoku, the fourth largest island of Japan.

Descendants

• English: Shikoku
• Russian: Сико́ку m (Sikóku)

See also

• 北海道(ほっかいどう) (Hokkaidō): Hokkaido
• 本州(ほんしゅう) (Honshū): Honshu
• 九州(きゅうしゅう) (Kyūshū): Kyushu