七
seven
2 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 115.
Readings
- シチ (on reading): 七面鳥 (しちめんちょう) turkey (Meleagris gallopavo); 七味 (しちみ) seven delicious flavors (flavours)
- なな (kun reading): 七不思議 (ななふしぎ) seven wonders (of a particular area); 七色 (なないろ) seven colours (of the rainbow)
- ななつ (kun reading): 七つの海 (ななつのうみ) the seven seas; 七つ星 (ななつぼし) the Big Dipper (asterism)
- なの (kun reading): 初七日 (しょなのか) memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death; 週七日 (しゅうなのか) seven days a week
- Read as a whole word: 七夕 (たなばた) Star Festival (held in July or August); 七夕祭り (たなばたまつり) Star Festival (held in July or August); 仙台七夕まつり (せんだいたなばたまつり) Sendai Tanabata Festival
Components
Kanji containing 七
Words using 七
- 七面鳥 (しちめんちょう) turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- 七味 (しちみ) seven delicious flavors (flavours)
- 七輪 (しちりん) portable earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
- 七福神 (しちふくじん) Seven Gods of Fortune
- 七宝 (しっぽう) the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli)
- 七不思議 (ななふしぎ) seven wonders (of a particular area)
- 七色 (なないろ) seven colours (of the rainbow)
- 七草 (ななくさ) the seven spring flowers
- 七種競技 (ななしゅきょうぎ) heptathlon
- 世界の七不思議 (せかいのななふしぎ) Seven Wonders of the World
- 七夕 (たなばた) Star Festival (held in July or August)
- 七夕祭り (たなばたまつり) Star Festival (held in July or August)
- 仙台七夕まつり (せんだいたなばたまつり) Sendai Tanabata Festival
- 七夕馬 (たなばたうま) Tanabata straw horse
- 七つの海 (ななつのうみ) the seven seas
- 七つ星 (ななつぼし) the Big Dipper (asterism)
- 七つ (ななつ) seven
- 七つ屋 (ななつや) pawnshop
- 七つ時 (ななつどき) (approx.) four o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
- 初七日 (しょなのか) memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
- 週七日 (しゅうなのか) seven days a week
- 四七日 (よなのか) 28th day after death
- 七対子 (チートイツ) seven pairs
- 三七日 (みなぬか) 21st day after death
- 二七日 (ふたなぬか) second week's memorial services
- 四七抜き (よなぬき) pentatonic scale
- 七 (チー) seven
170 words in all.