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N5 Kanji 7: 七
Meaning of kanji 七:
In Japanese, 七 means “seven”.
How to read kanji 七:
| Kunyomi | なな、なの |
| Onyomi | しち |
How to write kanji 七:
Origin of kanji 七:
七 is the origin of kanji 切（切 means the verb “to cut”），which is combined by 七 and 刀（刀 means “knife”）。
And at first the kanji 七 is the same as the kanji 十（十 means “ten”），so we changed 七 a little bit to differ from 十，you can remember 七 by the sentence “I cut the board for seven times”，and the shape I cut looks like 七.
Development of kanji 七:
Vocabulary containing kanji 七:
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 七 | なな、しち | seven (number) |
| 七つ | ななつ | seven (counter) |
| 七十 | ななじゅう | seventy |
| 七百 | ななひゃく | seven hundred |
| 七千 | ななせん | seven thousand |
| 七月 | しちがつ | July |
Example Sentences of kanji 七:
| 一週間は七日です。 There are seven days in a week. 私は七時に起きる。 I get up at 7:00. 仙台では七月に雨が多い。 In Sendai we have much rain in July. 七年ぶりに帰省しました。 After an absence of seven years, I went home. 彼女には息子が七人いる。 She has seven sons. |
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