The kanji 七: meaning, readings and stroke order
七
- Meaning
- seven
- On reading
- シチ shichi
- Kun reading
- なな nana、なな(つ) nanatsu、なの* nano
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 一 one
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- số bảy (thất)
- Japanese
- かずの なな。ななつ。
- Korean
- 일곱 (칠)
- Chinese
- 数字七
Readings, words and example sentences
シチ shichi · on reading
七月
July
七月から 休みが はじまります。
The holidays start in July.
なな nana · kun reading
七十
seventy
七十まで かぞえました。
I counted to seventy.
なな(つ) nanatsu · kun reading
七つ
seven (things)
青い 玉が 七つ あります。
There are seven blue balls.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.