Moto 七: SevenKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シチ
- Kun'yomi
- なな、なな(つ)、なの
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 211 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シチ)
- 七しちseven
- 七月しちがつJuly
- 十七じゅうしち17; seventeen
- 七十しちじゅうseventy; 70
- 七七日しちしちにち49th day after death
- 七三しちさん7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
- 七五三しちごさんfestival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3
- 七回忌しちかいきsixth anniversary of a death
- 七時しちじseven o'clock
- 七福神しちふくじんSeven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck
- 七面鳥しちめんちょうturkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- 二十七日にじゅうしちにちtwenty-seventh day of the month
- 十七日じゅうしちにちseventeenth day of the month
- お七夜おしちやname-giving ceremony
- セシウム百三十七セシウムひゃくさんじゅうしちcesium 137 (Cs-137); caesium 137
- 一七日いちしちにちseventh day after a person's death; first seven-day period after a person's death
- 七の和音しちのわおんseventh chord
- 七イマーム派しちイマームはSevener Shiism; branch of Shia Islam
- 七三分けしちさんわけside parting; hair parted to one side
- 七並べしちならべfan-tan (card game); sevens
- 七事しちじseven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school
- 七事式しちじしきseven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school
- 七五調しちごちょうseven-and-five-syllable meter
- 七人制ラグビーしちにんせいラグビーrugby sevens; seven-a-side rugby
- 七仏しちぶつthe seven previous incarnations of Buddha
- 七仏通戒偈しちぶつつうかいげVerse of the Shared Morality of the Seven Buddhas
- 七公三民しちこうさんみんland-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
- 七分しちぶんtype of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 七つななつseven
- 七不思議ななふしぎseven wonders (of a particular area)
- 七日なのかseventh day of the month
- 七色なないろthe seven prismatic colors (colours)
- 七草ななくさthe seven spring flowers
- なくて七癖なくてななくせevery person has their eccentricities
- なくて七癖あって四十八癖なくてななくせあってしじゅうはっくせevery person has their eccentricities
- 七か年ななかねんseptennial; recurring every seven years
- 七つの大罪ななつのたいざいthe Seven Deadly Sins
- 七つの星ななつのほしthe Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough
- 七つの海ななつのうみthe seven seas
- 七つの罪源ななつのざいげんthe Seven Deadly Sins
- 七つ屋ななつやpawnshop
- 七つ星ななつぼしthe Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough
- 七つ時ななつどき(approx.) four o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
- 七光ななひかりbenefiting from the influence of a master or parent
- 七光りななひかりbenefiting from the influence of a master or parent
Other readings
- 二七日ふたなぬかsecond week's memorial services
- 七夕たなばたStar Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
- 七宝しっぽうthe seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli)
- アメリカ七日鮫アメリカなぬかざめswellshark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum, species of catshark in the Eastern Pacific)
- 七々子ななこdecorating a metal surface with small dots resembling fish eggs
- 七々日しちしちにち49th day after death
- 七〇しちじゅうseventy; 70
- 七〇〇ななひゃく700; seven hundred
- 七〇〇〇ななせん7000; seven thousand
- 七カ年ななかねんseptennial; recurring every seven years
- 七ケ年ななかねんseptennial; recurring every seven years
- 七ヵ年ななかねんseptennial; recurring every seven years
- 七ヶ年ななかねんseptennial; recurring every seven years
- 七五三縄しめなわrope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
- 七五三飾しめかざりdecorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year
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