ChiramiN5 kanji · 2 strokes
七 means seven
七
七Memory trick
Turn it upside down: it looks like a 7 with a bar through it. Seven.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- seven
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) なな nana
なな (nana) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: ななつ nanatsu, なの nano
From Chinese (onyomi) シチ shichi
シチ (shichi) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
七つ ななつ · nanatsu
seven
Built from
- 乙 second, hook
- 匕 spoon
- 丿 a sweeping stroke
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
匕 Used in 56 kanji
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What does 七 mean?
Right: 七 means seven.Not quite: 七 means seven.In 七つ, which reading does 七 use?
Right. 七つ is read ななつ (nanatsu): 七 takes なな, its Japanese reading, with つ after it.Not quite. 七つ is read ななつ (nanatsu): 七 takes なな, its Japanese reading, with つ after it.