七 — seven

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• しち shichi

Kun'yomi

• なな nana
• なな.つ nana.tsu
• なの nano

Example words

• 七月 shichigatsu July

Words that use 七

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 七 しち seven JLPT N5
• 七つ ななつ seven JLPT N5