Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

115 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 2

Meaning: seven

Kunyomi: なな なな.つ なの

Onyomi: シチ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いち

Meaning: one

Strokes: 1

Examples

Examples with audio

時(しちじ)   7 o'clock

(じゅうしち/じゅうなな)   17

五三(しちごさん)   festival for children aged 7, 5 & 3

回(ななかい)   7 times

週間(ななしゅうかん)   7 weeks

才(ななさい)   7 years old

日(なのか)   7 days, 7th of the month

つ(ななつ)   7 (objects)

Onyomi Examples

シチ seven

7月 シチガツ July, seventh month of the lunar calendar

セシウム137 セシウムヒャクサンジュウシチ cesium-137, caesium-137

ゾクシチ dominant seventh (chord)

Kunyomi Examples

しち seven

7月 しちがつ July, seventh month of the lunar calendar

ななつ seven, seven years of age, four o'clock (old time system)

帯アルマジロ ななつおびアルマジロ seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)

7日 なのか 7th day of the month, seven days