七

Glyph origin
– a vertical stroke and a horizontal stroke bisecting each other – original character of.

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.

Etymology 1
From.

Definitions

 * 1) seven
 * 2)  agate: The size of type between  and, standardized as 5½ point.

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) seven
 * 2) seventh
 * 3) seven times

Etymology 1
From, ultimately from.

Usage notes

 * In modern Japanese, Japonic is more common than Sinitic  (see Etymology 2) outside fixed compounds, which is similar to  but different from other numerals. The reason may be a superstitious connection to, or simply avoiding confusion with the similar sounding  and.

Numeral

 * 1) seven, 7

Noun

 * 1) a seven
 * 2) a gambler

Etymology 2
From.

Numeral

 * 1) seven, 7

Etymology 3
Shortening from nana above.

Numeral

 * 1)  seven, 7

Etymology 4
Borrowed from.

Numeral

 * 1) seven, 7

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Numeral

 * 1) seven, 7