Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 1
七 seven
- Meaning
- seven
- On reading
- シチ
- Kun reading
- なな(つ)
Memory hook
A number 7 that has toppled onto its side, with a hook on the end. シチ or なな. なな is safer out loud, because シチ and イチ are easy to confuse.
Words that use 七
七つ
ななつ
seven things
七月
しちがつ
July
How to write 七
Stroke order · 2 strokes
1
2
- 1. The horizontal across the middle.
- 2. Vertical, then turn across to the right, ending in a hook.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
七 is taught on day 3 of the kanji course, alongside 八 九 十, with two writing passes and a short quiz.