Chinese symbol for “forty”
四十
sì shí
forty; 40
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forty is 四十 (sì shí), defined as: forty; 40.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “forty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卌 | xì | forty |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 四十.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四大 | sì dà | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debate |
| 四处 (四處) | sì chù | all over the place; everywhere and all directions |
| 四周 | sì zhōu | all around |
| 十四 | shí sì | fourteen; 14 |
| 四季 | sì jì | four seasons, namely: spring 春 (chūn), summer 夏 (xià), autumn 秋 (qiū) and winter 冬 (dōng) |
| 十分 | shí fēn | very; completely |
| 十五 | shí wǔ | fifteen; 15 |
| 十八 | shí bā | eighteen; 18 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.