7

See also: 7̂, ⁊, 7., and ⑦

7 U+0037, 7 DIGIT SEVEN ← 6 [U+0036] Basic Latin 8 → [U+0038]

Character variations

⁷ U+2077, ⁷ SUPERSCRIPT SEVEN ← ⁶ [U+2076] Superscripts and Subscripts ⁸ → [U+2078]

₇ U+2087, ₇ SUBSCRIPT SEVEN ← ₆ [U+2086] Superscripts and Subscripts ₈ → [U+2088]

７ U+FF17, ７ FULLWIDTH DIGIT SEVEN ← ６ [U+FF16] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ８ → [U+FF18]

𝟕 U+1D7D5, 𝟕 MATHEMATICAL BOLD DIGIT SEVEN ← 𝟔 [U+1D7D4] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟖 → [U+1D7D6]

𝟟 U+1D7DF, 𝟟 MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK DIGIT SEVEN ← 𝟞 [U+1D7DE] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟠 → [U+1D7E0]

𝟩 U+1D7E9, 𝟩 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF DIGIT SEVEN ← 𝟨 [U+1D7E8] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟪 → [U+1D7EA]

𝟳 U+1D7F3, 𝟳 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD DIGIT SEVEN ← 𝟲 [U+1D7F2] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟴 → [U+1D7F4]

𝟽 U+1D7FD, 𝟽 MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE DIGIT SEVEN ← 𝟼 [U+1D7FC] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟾 → [U+1D7FE]

⑦ U+2466, ⑦ CIRCLED DIGIT SEVEN ← ⑥ [U+2465] Enclosed Alphanumerics ⑧ → [U+2467]

🯷 U+1FBF7, 🯷 SEGMENTED DIGIT SEVEN ← 🯶 [U+1FBF6] Symbols for Legacy Computing 🯸 → [U+1FBF8]

Translingual

Glyph origin

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ७). See 7 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.

Symbol

7 (prev 6, next 8)

1. The cardinal number seven.
2. A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal.
3. (music, superscript) an indicator that a chord is a dominant or major seventh chord
4. (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 7, typically identified with dark entering yin ru (陰入)

   Synonym: ꜆

Alternative forms

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

• Arabic (Eastern) numerals: ٧
• Arabic (Western) numerals: 7
• Assamese numerals: ৭
• Balinese numerals: ᭗
• Bengali numerals: ৭
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁭
• Chakma numerals: 𑄽
• Cham numerals: ꩗
• Devanagari numerals: ७
• Dhives Akuru numerals: 𑥗
• Gujarati numerals: ૭
• Gurmukhi numerals: ੭
• Hanifi Rohingya numerals: 𐴷
• Javanese numerals: ꧗
• Kannada numerals: ೭
• Kawi numerals: 𑽗
• Kayah Li numerals: ꤇
• Khmer numerals: ៧
• Khudawadi numerals: 𑋷
• Lanna numerals: (secular) ᪇, (religious) ᪗
• Lao numerals: ໗
• Lepcha numerals: ᱇
• Limbu numerals: ᥍
• Malayalam numerals: ൭
• Meitei numerals: ꯷
• Mongolian numerals: ᠗
• Myanmar numerals: ၇
• N'Ko numerals: ߇
• Ol Chiki numerals: ᱗
• Odia numerals: ୭
• Osmanya numerals: 𐒧
• Persian numerals: ۷
• Saurashtra numerals: ꣗
• Sharada numerals: 𑇗
• Sinhalese numerals: ෭
• Sundanese numerals: ᮷
• Takri numerals: 𑛇
• Tamil numerals: ௭
• Telugu numerals: ౭
• Thai numerals: ๗
• Tibetan numerals: ༧
• Tirhuta numerals: 𑓗
• Warang Citi numerals: 𑣧

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

• Armenian numerals: Է
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁘
• Chinese numerals: 柒, 七
• CJK tally marks: 𝍶𝍳
• Counting rod numerals: 𝍯
• Egyptian numerals: 𓐀
• Ethiopic numerals: ፯
• Gothic numerals: 𐌶
• Greek numerals: Ζ΄, ζ΄
• Hebrew numerals: ז
• Old Persian numerals: 𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏑
• Roman numerals: VII, vii
• Sinhalese numerals: 𑇧
• Tally marks: 𝍸𝍷𝍷

See also

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

Other representations of 7:

Morse code: ––··· Braille: ⠛

Signal flag (ICS and NATO):

Semaphore: After showing "numeric"

English

Noun

7 (plural 7s)

1. (sports, snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) Clipping of 720. (720° spin)

Chinese

simp. and trad.		7

Etymology

From 七 (cat¹, “seven”), a near homophone of 𨳍 (cat⁶, “stupid; dumb”) in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat⁶, cat¹, se¹ fan⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat⁶, cat¹, se¹ fan⁴
    • Yale: chaht, chāt, sē fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁹, tsat⁷, se¹ fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced⁶, ced¹, sé¹ fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚²/, /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵/, /sɛː⁵⁵ fɐn²¹/

Noun

7

1. (Cantonese, slang, vulgar, leetspeak) Alternative form of 𨳍 (cat⁶).

Adjective

7

1. (Cantonese, slang, vulgar, leetspeak) Alternative form of 𨳍 (cat⁶).

   7head [Cantonese]  ―  se¹ fan^4-1 het¹ [Jyutping]  ―  dickhead

Verb

7

1. (Cantonese, slang, vulgar, leetspeak) Alternative form of 𨳍 (cat⁶).

Squamish

Road sign in British Columbia showing the use of 7 to represent ʔ.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

7

1. The forty-first letter of the Squamish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, E e (É é), H h, I i (Í í), K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵwʼ ḵwʼ, L l, Lʼ lʼ, Lh lh, M m, Mʼ mʼ, N n, Nʼ nʼ, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u (Ú ú), W w, Wʼ wʼ, X x, Xw xw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, Y y, Yʼ yʼ, 7