柒

See also: 漆

柒 U+67D2, 柒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67D2 ← 柑 [U+67D1] CJK Unified Ideographs 染 → [U+67D3]

Translingual

Han character

柒 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 水心木 (EPD) or 難水心木 (XEPD), four-corner 3490₄, composition ⿱⿰氵七木)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 519, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14620
• Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1188, character 6
• Unihan data for U+67D2

Chinese

trad.		柒
simp. #		柒
2nd round simp.		㲺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (七) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
切	*sn̥ʰiːds, *sn̥ʰiːd
砌	*sʰiːds
沏	*sʰiːd
七	*sn̥ʰid
柒	*sn̥ʰid
叱	*n̥ʰjid

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhit
• Eastern Min (BUC): chék

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhit / chhiak
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷chiq / ⁷tshiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cat¹
    • Yale: chāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhit
    • Hakka Romanization System: qid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit
    • Tâi-lô: tshit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chid
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak
    • Tâi-lô: tshiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiag
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiak̚⁵/

Note:

• chhit - literary;
• chhiak - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq
    • MiniDict: chih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tshiq
    • MiniDict: tshih^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰiɪʔ⁴³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshit

Rime
Character	柒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	親吉切
Baxter	tshit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰit̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰid/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	柒
Reading #	1/1
No.	9911
Phonetic component	七
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	七
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰid/
Notes	俗漆字，原文木在右下

Definitions

柒

1. alternative form of 漆
2. (financial) alternative form of 七 (“seven”) (used normally in official documents or checks to avoid forgery)
3. a surname

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小寫 / 小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩 / 两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬 / 万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬 / 百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億 / 亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫 / 大写)	零	壹	貳 / 贰	參 / 叁	肆	伍	陸 / 陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟

In Min Nan numbers, the vernacular (白) pronunciation is the more common pronunciation, while the literary (文) reading is used for reading numbers out loud, such as in phone numbers. Please note that this usage is similar to the usage of the variant 幺 for the numeral 一 in Mandarin.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 柒 – see 𨳍 (“penis; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 𨳍).

Compounds

• 打柒
• 托柒
• 柒吓柒吓
• 柒懵懵
• 柒撚懵懵
• 柒碌
• 柒頭 / 柒头
• 柒頭皮 / 柒头皮
• 笨撚柒
• 笨柒
• 關……柒事 / 关……柒事

Japanese

Kanji

柒

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. alternative form of 漆
2. (financial, archaic) seven

Readings

• Go-on: しち (shichi)
• Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)
• Kun: うるし (urushi)

Korean

Hanja

柒 • (chil) (hangeul 칠, revised chil, McCune–Reischauer ch'il, Yale chil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

柒: Hán Nôm readings: thất

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