七 · seven

JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.

七 means seven. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 2 strokes, read なな or しち. It is built from 2 parts: 一 (one, one radical (no.1)), 乙 (the latter, duplicate). It appears in 七つ (seven things).

筆順 · Stroke order

七 is written in 2 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.

解字 · What it is made of

七 breaks into 2 parts.

• 一 semantic one, one radical (no.1) carries the meaning
• 乙 semantic the latter, duplicate carries the meaning

Words that use 七

Word	Reading	Meaning
七	なな	seven
七	しち	seven
七つ	ななつ	seven things

Built from the same parts

These use 一 or 乙 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.

• 三three
• 百hundred
• 万ten thousand
• 上above
• 下below
• 天sky
• 両both
• 画picture

Practise 七

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