し
四
みん
民
びょう
平
どう
等

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. equality for the four classes (early Meiji-period slogan).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
し
四
みん
民
びょう
平
どう
等
 四民平等 しみんびょうどう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

four
よん　シ　よ (1st, N5)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ　コク (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
people, nation, subjects
ミン　たみ　ひと (4th, N3)
family name, surname, clan
シ　うじ (4th, N1)
even, flat, peace
ヘイ　たいら　ひら (3rd, N3)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)
to divide
etc., and so forth, class (first)
トウ　ひと.しい　-ら (3rd, N3)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
Buddhist temple
てら　ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン　す　みき (6th, N1)