七

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.2 Noun 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Related terms 3.4 Number 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 7 Wu 7.1 Pronunciation

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Han character

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

1. seven

[edit] 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

• Chinese Numeral 七
  • Last: 六
  • Next: 八

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Chinese *ts^hyit < Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nyat

[edit] Hanzi

七 (Yale chat1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

七 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Compounds

七々日, 七七日 七回忌 (shichigaiki): 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 (shichigosan): 七五調 (shichigochuu): 七光 (nanahikari): 七三 (shichisan): 七重 (nanae): 七色 (shichishoku/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): 七辺形 (shichihengei): heptagon 七宝 (shippou): 七方出 (shippoude): 七味 (shichimi): 七面体 (shichimentai): 七面鳥 (shichimenchou): turkey 七面倒 (shichimendou): 七夜 (shichiya): 七夕 七曜 (shichiyou): 七厘, 七輪 (shichirin): 七竈 (nanakamado):

[edit] Noun

七 (hiragana なな, romaji nana)

1. seven
2. a gambler

[edit] Noun

七 (hiragana しち, romaji shichi)

1. seven

[edit] 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

[edit] Number

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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[edit] Korean

[edit] 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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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

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

1. seven

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

七 (thất)

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA:

Latin Alphabet: che

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄑㄜ