JLPT N3 · な-adjective

四角 (shikaku)

四角 (しかく, shikaku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “quadrilateral; square”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しかく
Romaji: shikaku
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

quadrilateral; square · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

箱の形は普通四角です。

The shape of a box is usually square.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 四角

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	四角だ	しかくだ shikakuda
Present (polite)	四角です	しかくです shikakudesu
Negative	四角じゃない	しかくじゃない shikakujanai
Past	四角だった	しかくだった shikakudatta
Negative past	四角じゃなかった	しかくじゃなかった shikakujanakatta
Te-form	四角で	しかくで shikakude
Before a noun	四角な	しかくな shikakuna
Adverb (~ni)	四角に	しかくに shikakuni

Kanji in 四角

四

fourシ・よ・よ.つ · 5 strokes

角

angle, corner, squareカク・かど・つの · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 四角.

四しfour四日よっか4th day of the month四つよっつfour四よんfour四季しきthe four seasons四角いしかくいsquare四つ角よつかどfour corners四捨五入ししゃごにゅうrounding (off角かどcorner角すみcorner角かくangle角度かくどangle三角さんかくtriangle折角せっかくwith trouble

Source: JMdict entry 1307090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.