why sizeof(‘a’) is 4 in C? [duplicate]

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Because in C character constants, such as ‘a’ have the type int.

There’s a C FAQ about this suject:

Perhaps surprisingly, character constants in C are of type int, so
sizeof(‘a’) is sizeof(int) (though this is another area where C++
differs).

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