七

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seven; 7

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HSK 3.0: Level 1
Old HSK: Level 1
Strokes: 2
Radical: 一 +1
Structure: Overlaid 叠加
Traditional: 七
Common rank: #761
Unicode: U+4E03

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Formation & memory

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How 七 is formed

Components 一乚

How to remember it

seven · Heisig RSH #7

— as a component also called: diced

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 七

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不管三七二十一	bù guǎn sān qī èr shí yī	regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
七分之一	qī fēn zhī yī	one seventh
七里河区	Qī lǐ hé Qū	Qilihe, a district of Lanzhou City 蘭州市\|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
七大工业国集团	qī dà gōng yè guó jí tuán	G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy an…
七台河市	Qī tái hé Shì	Qitaihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省\|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3…
三七开定论	sān qī kāi dìng lùn	thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
三七二十一	sān qī èr shí yī	three sevens are twenty-one (idiom); the facts of the matter; the actual situation
七星关区	Qī xīng guān Qū	Qixingguan, a district of Bijie City 畢節市\|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou
七上八下	qī shàng bā xià	at sixes and sevens; perturbed state of mind; in a mess
工业七国集团	Gōng yè Qī guó Jí tuán	G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy an…
三七开	sān qī kāi	ratio seventy to thirty; thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
二七区	Èr qī Qū	Erqi, a district of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市\|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan
七星区	Qī xīng Qū	Qixing, a district of Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi
七里河	Qī lǐ hé	see 七里河區\|七里河区[Qi1 li3 he2 Qu1]
七手八脚	qī shǒu bā jiǎo	(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
武经七书	Wǔ jīng Qī shū	Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜\|六韬[Liu4 t…
七台河	Qī tái hé	see 七臺河市\|七台河市[Qi1 tai2 he2 Shi4]
七河州	Qī hé zhōu	Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴爾喀什湖\|巴尔喀什湖[Ba1 er3 ka1 shi2 Hu2]
七上八落	qī shàng bā luò	see 七上八下[qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4]
七日热	qī rì rè	leptospirosis

Sound family

These characters use 七 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
七 sound part	qī	seven
切	qiè	to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager