七

qī

seven

7

a picture of 七 → seven, like a tally cut

七 originally depicted a cross or cut mark used as a tally, not a composition of 一 and 乚. The modern strokes are a visual remnant of that counting symbol, not a meaningful combination.

一+乚→七
一OnePhonetic
乚A hooked stroke with no standalone meaningPhonetic

我家有七只猫。

wǒ jiā yǒu qī zhī māo。

My family has seven cats.

她每天早上七点出门去上班。

tā měi tiān zǎo shàng qī diǎn chū mén qù shàng bān。

She leaves home at seven o'clock every morning to go to work.

Words with 七

七龙珠

qī lóng zhū

Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series

七喜

qī xǐ

7 Up (soft drink)

七夕节

qī xī jié

girls' festival

北斗七星

běi dǒu qī xīng

(astronomy) Big Dipper

七嘴八舌

qī zuǐ bā shé

lively discussion with everybody talking at once

七零八落

qī líng bā luò

(idiom) everything broken and in disorder

长坂坡七进七出

cháng bǎn pō qī jìn qī chū

famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies

杂七杂八

zá qī zá bā

an assortment

头七

tóu qī

the 7th day after a person's death

黄花岗七十二烈士

huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì

the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911

七七事变

qī qī shì biàn

Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]

七七八八

qī qī bā bā

almost

More characters with 一

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