七 — meaning, pinyin & examples

Meanings

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qī

1.seven
2.7

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Wiktionary

1.seven
2.agate: The size of type between 小六 (xiǎoliù, “little 6”) and 八 (bā, “8”), standardized as 5½ point.

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a vertical stroke and a horizontal stroke bisecting each other – original character of 切 (OC *sn̥ʰiːds, *sn̥ʰiːd, “to cut”). The top-most horizontal stroke is done from left to right. The vertical stroke and bottom-most horizontal stroke are done as one stroke, from top-left to bottom-right. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni-s (“seven”).

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Stroke order

Components

七㇟㇐

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

他有七箇兒子。
He has seven sons.
我七點回到家。
I got home at seven.
她七點鐘到車站。
She got to the station at seven.
他七點鐘去學校。
He leaves for school at seven.
我在七點吃早飯。
I have breakfast at seven.
我會在七點鐘回來。
I'll be back at seven o'clock.

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Derived terms

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Related words

七孔 the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth 五七 memorial activity 35 days after a person's death 七彩 seven colors; a variety of colors 七声 tones of the musical scale 七月 July 头七 the 7th day after a person's death 七律 verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 characters, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. for 七言律诗[qī yán lu : 4 shī])七十 seventy 七星 see 七星区[Qī xīng Qū]七窍 the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth 七方 (Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方[dà fāng], 小方[xiǎo fāng], 缓方[huǎn fāng], 急方[jí fāng], 奇方[jī fāng], 偶方[ǒu fāng] and 重方[chóng fāng] or 复方[fù fāng]七曜 the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)