七

Meanings: seven, 7, seventh On Readings: シチ shichi Kun Readings: なな nana, なな（つ） nana(tsu) Most Used Pronunciation: shichi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 一 Stroke Number: 2

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Common jukugo
七不思議 - なな　ふ　し　ぎ nana fu shi gi - the seven wonders
七月 - しち　がつ shichi gatsu - July (7th Month)

Useful Examples
Japanese: 「七人の侍」を見ましたか？
Romaji: shichi nin no samurai o mimashita ka?
English: Did you see '7 Samurai'?

Japanese: 今夜七時に、電話するよ。
Romaji: konya nanaji ni, denwa suru yo.
English: I'll ring you up at seven this evening.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
A diagonal line through an upside down '7' (thanks to Chris!)

These Kanji pages are created by several volunteers who deserve more praise than just a note at the bottom of the page! Dan (dan) and Sean (Mukade). If you would like to volunteer, please PM me (clay). We need people familiar with 2 kyuu or 1 kyuu kanji. Thanks!

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.