七

See also 柒

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Phonosemantic interpretation

Old Chinese Initial /*s-/ lends semantic value Small/Thin/Slender. Final consonant /*-t/ lends semantic value Cut/Divide/Reduce. Oracle bone script style is a representation of a vertical line cut by a horizontal one → slender objects produced by cutting. Seven is a borrowed meaning. Source: Howell & Morimoto

Etymology

The character 七 was originally a picture of a vertical line and a horizontal line bisecting each other, meaning something like, "cut and throw away the remainder." "Seven" is a borrowed meaning.

The top-most horizontal stroke is done from left to right. The vertical line and bottom-most horizontal line are done as one stroke, from top-left to bottom-right.

Han character

七 (radical 1 一+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 十山 (JU), four-corner 4071₀)

1. seven

References

• KangXi: page 75, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 3, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E03

See also

• (Chinese written numbers): 〇  一  二  三  四  五  六  七  八  九  十
• (Chinese financial form): 柒
• 㐂

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Cantonese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni-s (“seven”).

Hanzi

七 (jyutping cat1, Yale chat1)

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Hakka

Hanzi

七 (POJ tshit, Guangdong ts'it⁷, Hagfa Pinyim qid5)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

七 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しち (shichi)
• Kun: なな (nana), ななつ (七つ, nanatsu), なの (nano)
• Nanori: し (shi), しっ (shit), な (na), ひち (hichi)

Compounds

• 七々日, 七七日 (shichishichinichi,nanananoka,nanananuka):
• 七回忌 (shichikaiki):
• 七角形 (shichikakkei): heptagon
• 七月 (shichigatsu): July
• 七賢 (shichiken):
• 七絃琴 (shichigenkin):
• 七言絶句 (shichigonzekku):
• 七言律詩 (shichigonrisshi):
• 七五三 (しちごさん, shichí-go-san): lit. "seven-five-three"
• 七五調 (shichigochou):
• 七光 (nanahikari):
• 七三 (shichisan): lit. "seven-three"
• 七重 (nanae):
• 七色 (nanairo): the seven prismatic colors
• 七星 (shichisei): Ursa Major
• 七生 (shichishou):
• 七草 (nanakusa):

• 七堂伽藍 (shichidougaran):
• 七道 (shichidou):
• 七難 (shichinan):
• 七不思議 (nanafushigi):
• 七福神 (shichifukujin):
• 七宝 (shippou): lit. the "seven treasures;" (Buddhism)
• 七味 (shichimi):
• 七面体 (shichimentai):
• 七面鳥 (shichimenchou): turkey
• 七夜 (nanayo):
• 七夕 (tanabata, shichiseki):
• 七曜 (shichiyou):
• 七厘, 七輪 (shichirin):
• 七竈 (nanakamado):
• 七頭 (chitau):
• 七碌 (chitluk):
• 七咕碌 (chitkooluk):
• 七つ子 (しちつし, shichi tsushi): septuplets

Pronunciation 1

• Kun'yomi
• Standard Accent: な​な (Atamadaka)

• Audio

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Noun

七 (hiragana なな, romaji nana)

1. seven
2. a gambler

Related terms

• See below (related terms for pronunciation 2)

Pronunciation 2

• On'yomi
• Standard Accent: しち​ (Odaka)

• Audio

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Noun

七 (hiragana しち, romaji shichi)

1. seven

Related terms

• 七つ
• 七曲がり
• 七週の祭
• 七珍万宝
• 七顛八起, 七転八起
• 七転八倒, 七顛八倒
• 七並べ

Number

Japanese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 七

七 (しち, shichi) or 七 (なな, nana)

1. seven; 7

   なな (nana) is used instead of しち (shichi) in conversation because しち (shichi) is considered unlucky.

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Korean

Hanja

七
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 칠 (revised: chil, McCune-Reischauer: ch'il, Yale: chil)

• Name (hangeul): 일곱 (revised: ilgop, McCune-Reischauer: ilgop, Yale: ilkop)

1. seven

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• audio

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Hanzi

七 (pinyin qī (qi1), shǎng (shang3), Wade-Giles ch'i¹, shang³)

1. seven

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Middle Chinese

Han character

七 (*tsit tsit)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

七 (traditional, POJ chhit)

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Vietnamese

Han character

七 (thất)

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Wu

Hanzi

Latin Alphabet: che

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄑㄜ