4

See also: Ꮞ, 4̂, 4., Ꜭ, ꜭ, and ④

Text style	Emoji style
4︎	4️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
4 U+0034, 4 DIGIT FOUR ← 3 [U+0033] Basic Latin 5 → [U+0035]

Character variations

⁴ U+2074, ⁴ SUPERSCRIPT FOUR [unassigned: U+2072–U+2073] ← ⁱ [U+2071] Superscripts and Subscripts ⁵ → [U+2075]

₄ U+2084, ₄ SUBSCRIPT FOUR ← ₃ [U+2083] Superscripts and Subscripts ₅ → [U+2085]

４ U+FF14, ４ FULLWIDTH DIGIT FOUR ← ３ [U+FF13] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ５ → [U+FF15]

𝟒 U+1D7D2, 𝟒 MATHEMATICAL BOLD DIGIT FOUR ← 𝟑 [U+1D7D1] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟓 → [U+1D7D3]

𝟜 U+1D7DC, 𝟜 MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK DIGIT FOUR ← 𝟛 [U+1D7DB] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟝 → [U+1D7DD]

𝟦 U+1D7E6, 𝟦 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF DIGIT FOUR ← 𝟥 [U+1D7E5] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟧 → [U+1D7E7]

𝟰 U+1D7F0, 𝟰 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD DIGIT FOUR ← 𝟯 [U+1D7EF] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟱 → [U+1D7F1]

𝟺 U+1D7FA, 𝟺 MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE DIGIT FOUR ← 𝟹 [U+1D7F9] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟻 → [U+1D7FB]

④ U+2463, ④ CIRCLED DIGIT FOUR ← ③ [U+2462] Enclosed Alphanumerics ⑤ → [U+2464]

🯴 U+1FBF4, 🯴 SEGMENTED DIGIT FOUR ← 🯳 [U+1FBF3] Symbols for Legacy Computing 🯵 → [U+1FBF5]

Translingual

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4

Wikipedia

Glyph origin

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ४ (4)), a cursive form of four lines (to represent the number four) arranged in the shape of a cross (resembling +). See 4 § Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit for more.

Symbol

4 (prev 3, next 5)

1. The cardinal number four.
2. A digit in the decimal system of numbering, and also in octal, and hexadecimal.
3. (phonetics, often superscript) The pitch of a tone, either high or low depending on local convention (though not as high or low as 5, if '5' is also used).

   Synonyms: ˥, ˦, ˨, ˩, depending on other values

4. (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) The tone number 4, typically identified with light rising yang shang (陽上). May be identified with entering ru tone (入) if the yin–yang distinction is not made.

   Synonyms: ꜃, ꜆

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Lining digit 4.
• 
  Oldstyle 4 in Fraktur script.

Alternative forms

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

• Aegean numerals: please add, if you can
• Arabic (Eastern) numerals: ٤
• Arabic (Western) numerals: 4
• Assamese numerals: ৪
• Balinese numerals: ᭔
• Bengali numerals: ৪
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁪
• Chakma numerals: 𑄺
• Cham numerals: ꩔
• Devanagari numerals: ४
• Dhives Akuru numerals: 𑥔
• Garay numerals: 𐵄
• Gujarati numerals: ૪
• Gurmukhi numerals: ੪
• Indic Siyaq numerals: please add, if you can
• Hanifi Rohingya numerals: 𐴴
• Javanese numerals: ꧔
• Kaktovik numerals: 𝋄
• Kannada numerals: ೪
• Kawi numerals: 𑽔
• Kayah Li numerals: ꤄
• Khmer numerals: ៤
• Khudawadi numerals: 𑋴
• Lanna numerals: (secular) ᪄, (religious) ᪔
• Lao numerals: ໔
• Lepcha numerals: ᱄
• Limbu numerals: ᥊
• Malayalam numerals: ൪
• Maya numerals: 𝋤
• Mende Kikakui numerals: please add, if you can
• Meroitic cursive numerals: please add, if you can
• Meitei numerals: ꯴
• Mongolian numerals: ᠔
• Myanmar numerals: ၄
• N'Ko numerals: ߄
• Ol Chiki numerals: ᱔
• Odia numerals: ୪
• Osmanya numerals: 𐒤
• Ottoman Siyaq numerals: please add, if you can
• Pahawh Hmong numerals: please add, if you can
• Persian numerals: ۴
• Saurashtra numerals: ꣔
• Sharada numerals: 𑇔
• Sinhalese numerals: ෪
• Sundanese numerals: ᮴
• Takri numerals: 𑛄
• Tamil numerals: ௪
• Telugu numerals: ౪
• Thai numerals: ๔
• Tibetan numerals: ༤
• Tirhuta numerals: 𑓔
• Warang Citi numerals: 𑣤

The following are only equivalent as representations of the cardinal number:

• Armenian numerals: Դ
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁕
• Chinese numerals: 四, 肆
• CJK tally marks: 𝍵
• Counting rod numerals: 𝍬
• Egyptian numerals: 𓏽
• Ethiopic numerals: ፬
• Gothic numerals: 𐌳
• Greek numerals: Δ΄, δ΄
• Hebrew numerals: ד
• Old Persian numerals: 𐏒𐏒
• Roman numerals: IV, IIII, iv, iiii
• Sinhalese numerals: 𑇤
• Tally marks: 𝍷𝍷𝍷𝍷

See also

• (Arabic digits): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Other representations of 4:

Morse code: ····– Braille: ⠑

Signal flag (ICS and NATO):

Semaphore: After showing "numeric"

English

Pronunciation

• As for.

• Audio (General Australian):

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Preposition

4

2. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of for.

   this is 4 U ― this is for you

Related terms

• M4F, M4M, T4T and others in that vein

Translations

text messaging: for

Italian: x (it) Malay: utk (ms)

See also

• 2
• 8
• 4-gon
• 6in4
• Camp 4
• figure 4
• V4
• Zone 4 Poblacion

Mongolian

Symbol

⁴

Examples
-аар⁴ = -аар (-aar), -оор (-oor), -өөр (-öör) & -ээр (-eer)

1. (linguistics, superscript) Used after an isolated affix or clitic to indicate that it has four variant forms, dependent on the vowel harmony of the preceding stem or word.

Usage notes

This is usually used to indicate that an affix or clitic varies between using the unrounded back vowel ⟨а⟩, the rounded back vowel ⟨о⟩, the rounded front vowel ⟨ө⟩ and the unrounded front vowel ⟨э⟩.

See also

• ²
• ³