Kanji
七
kanji character
seven
七 kanji-七 seven
七
Meaning
seven
Readings
Kun'yomi
- なな つ seven
- なな じゅう seventy
- じゅう なな seventeen
- ななつ や pawnshop
- ななつ おびあるまじろ seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)
- なの か 7th day of the month
- ふた なの か second week's memorial services
- しょ なの か memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
On'yomi
- しち がつ July
- しち しち にち 49th day after death
- しち しちにち 49th day after death
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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七 夜 name-giving ceremony -
七 seven -
七 つseven, seven years of age, four o'clock (old time system) -
七 つの海 the seven seas -
七 つ屋 pawnshop -
七 屋 pawnshop -
七 回 忌 sixth anniversary of a death -
七 角 形 heptagon -
七 曲 がりtortuous or spiral (path) -
七 月 July, seventh month of the lunar calendar -
七 賢 the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects), Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove -
七 五 三 rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil, cordoning off, cordoning-off sign -
七 五 調 seven-and-five-syllable meter -
七 週 の祭 the Feast of Weeks, Pentecost -
七 週 の祭 りthe Feast of Weeks, Pentecost -
七 十 人 訳 聖 書 Septuagint -
七 十 路 age seventy, one's seventies -
七 重 sevenfold, seven-ply -
七 星 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow -
七 生 seven lives, seven generations -
七 草 the seven spring flowers, the seven fall flowers, the seven autumn flowers... -
七 種 the seven spring flowers, the seven fall flowers, the seven autumn flowers... -
七 転 び八 起 きnot giving up, keeping at it until one succeeds, falling seven times... -
七 堂 伽 藍 complete seven-structured temple compound -
七 道 the seven districts of ancient Japan -
七 年 忌 seventh anniversary of a death -
七 不 思 議 seven wonders (of a particular area), total mystery, enigma... -
七 福 神 Seven Gods of Fortune, Seven Deities of Good Luck, Seven Lucky Gods -
七 分 三 分 seven to three (chances) -
七 分 袖 three-quarter sleeves