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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 七 U+4E03 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 柒 Semantic variant Specialized semantic variant |
| Radical: | 一+ 1 strokes = 2 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.468#43 Kangxi: p.75#07 Cihai: p.7r4c02 GSR: 400.a Hanyu: v1,p0003#03 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𢍺 乇 𭃃 切 切 𭗺 㲺 𠮟 𣎽 𥤥 𦉱 皂 𬻎 𬂥 𨾅 𨳍 𤶮 𩫷 𬙞 𬴽 [More] |
| Mandarin: | qī ㄑㄧ |
| Cantonese: | cat1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *tsit tsit |
| Shuowen: | 《七部》七：阳之正也。从一，微阴从中衺出也。凡七之属皆从七。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·入声·质·七》七：数也。亲吉切，十。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·一部·一部》七：《唐韵》亲吉切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》戚悉切，𡘋音桼。少阳数也。《说文》阳之正也，从一，微隂从中衺出也。《书·舜典》在璇玑玉衡，以齐七政。《注》七政，日月五星也。《诗·唐风》岂曰无衣七兮。《注》侯伯七命，车服皆以七爲节。又词家以七名篇，虽八首，问对凡七。七者，问对之别名，始枚乗七发，后傅毅七激，崔駰七依，曹植七啓，张协七命，继之凡十馀家。又三七，药名。《本草纲目》言叶左三右四，故名。一说本名山桼。又姓。明七希贤。又人名。《续仙传》殷七七，名文祥。《苏轼诗》安得道人殷七七，不论时节遣花开。《正字通》或通作㭍桼漆。柒。 |
| Fanqie: | 亲吉 (《广韵·入声·质·七》) |
| Unihan definition: | seven |
Example usage
| 《论语·为政》: | 子曰：“吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。” |
| The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right." | |
| 《孟子·尽心上》: | 五十非帛不暖，七十非肉不饱。 |
| At fifty, warmth cannot be maintained without silks, and at seventy flesh is necessary to satisfy the appetite. | |
| 《礼记·间传》: | 斩衰三升，齐衰四升、五升、六升，大功七升、八升、九升，小功十升、十一升、十二升，缌麻十五升去其半，有事其缕、无事其布曰缌。 |
| 'The mourning with jagged edges was made with 3 sheng of hempen threads, each sheng containing 81 threads; that with even edge, with 4, 5, or 6 sheng; that for the nine months' mourning with 7, 8, or 9 sheng; that for the five months, with 10, 11, or 12 sheng; that for the three months, with 15 sheng less the half. When the thread was manipulated and boiled, no such operation was performed on the woven cloth, and it was called sze (or the material for the mourning of three months). | |
| 《孝经·谏诤》: | 昔者天子有争臣七人，虽无道，不失其天下。 |
| Anciently, if the Son of Heaven had seven ministers who would remonstrate with him, although he had not right methods of government, he would not lose his possession of the kingdom. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 速哉，七十子之肖仲尼也。 |
| How quickly the seventy disciples became like Confucius! | |
| 《墨子·七患》: | 子墨子曰：国有七患。 |
| Mozi said: There are seven causes of worry to a state. | |
| 《庄子·人间世》: | 七围八围，贵人富商之家求樿傍者斩之。 |
| And those of seven or eight spans are cut down by noblemen and rich merchants who want single planks for the sides of their coffins. | |
| 《商君书·去强》: | 王者刑九赏一，强国刑七赏三，削国刑五赏五。 |
| In a country that has supremacy, there are nine penalties as against one reward; in a strong country, there will be seven penalties to three rewards, and in a dismembered country, there will be five penalties to five rewards. | |
| 《孙子兵法·作战》: | 国之贫于师者远输，远输则百姓贫，近于师者贵卖，贵卖则百姓财竭，财竭则急于丘役，力屈财殚，中原内虚于家，百姓之费，十去其七，公家之费，破车罢马，甲胄矢弩，戟楯蔽橹，丘牛大车，十去其六。 |
| Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished. On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 四岳：朕在位七十载，汝能庸命，践朕位？ |
| O president of the four mountains, I have been on the throne seventy years; you are able to carry out the decrees, do you occupy my throne. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 立大学，设庠序，修六礼，明七教，所以道之也。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 汤问伊尹曰：“三公九卿，二十七大夫，八十一元士，知之有道乎？” |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 正月不雨，到于秋七月。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 七月而生齿，而后能食。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 是故昔者明主内修七教，外行三至。 |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 《王制》曰：“公、侯田方百里，伯七十里，子、男五十里。” |
| 《新书·君道》: | 文王桎梏囚于羑里，七年而后得免。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 今陛下起丰击沛，收卒三千人，以之径往卷蜀汉，定三秦，与项羽大战七十，小战四十，使天下民肝脑涂地，父子暴骨中野，不可胜数，哭泣之声未绝，伤夷者未收，而欲比隆成康周公之时，臣窃以为不侔矣。 |
| 《中论·智行》: | 颜渊达于圣人之情，故无穷难之辞，是以能独获亹亹之誉，为七十子之冠 |
| 《孔子家语·始诛》: | 于是朝政七日而诛乱政大夫少正卯，戮之于两观之下，尸于朝三日 |
| 《潜夫论·浮侈》: | 《七月诗》，大小教之，终而复始。 |
| 《论衡·幸偶》: | 孔子门徒七十有馀，颜回蚤夭。 |
| 《太玄经·中》: | 次七，酋酋，大魁颐，水包贞。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 昔仲尼没而微言阙，七十子丧而大义乖。 |
| 《孔丛子·记义》: | 孔子读《诗》及《小雅》，喟然而叹，曰：“吾于《周南》、《召南》见周道之所以盛也，于《柏舟》见匹夫执志之不可易也，于《淇奥》见学之可以为君子也，于《考盘》见遁世之士而不闷也，于《木瓜》见苞苴之礼行也，于《缁衣》见好贤之心至也，于《鷄鸣》见古之君子不忘其敬也，于《伐檀》见贤者之先事后食也，于《蟋蟀》见陶唐俭德之大也，于《下泉》见乱世之思明君也，于《七月》见豳公之所以造周也，于《东山》见周公之先公而后私也，于《狼跋》见周公之远志所以为圣也，于《鹿鸣》见君臣之有礼也，于《彤弓》见有功之必报也，于《羔羊》见善政之有应也，于《节南山》见忠臣之忧世也，于《蓼莪》见孝子之思养也，于《楚茨》见孝子之思祭也，于《裳裳者华》见古之贤者世保其禄也，于《采菽》见古之明王所以敬诸侯也。” |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 一曰不知，二曰不进，三曰不任，四曰不终，五曰以小怨弃大德，六曰以小过黜大功，七曰以小失掩大美，八曰以奸讦伤忠正，九曰以邪说乱正度，十曰以谗嫉废贤能。 |
| 《新语·明诫》: | 汤以七十里之封，而升帝王之位。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 尧曰朕，在位七十载。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 樊哙冠，汉将军樊哙造次所冠，以入项籍营，广七寸，前出四寸，司马殿门大护卫士服之。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 易无形埒，易变而为一，一变而为七，七变而为九。 |
| 《鶡冠子·王鈇》: | 里五日报扁，扁十日报乡，乡十五日报县，县三十日报郡，郡四十五日报柱国，柱国六十日以闻天子，天子七十二日遗使，勉有功罚不如此所以与天地总。 |
| 《文子·九守》: | 老子曰：人受天地变化而生，一月而膏，二月血脉，三月而哒，四月而胎，五月而筋，六月而骨，七月而成形，八月而动，九月而躁，十月而生。 |
| 《列仙传·务光》: | 耳长七寸，好琴，服蒲韭根。 |
| 《鬻子·禹政第六》: | 得七大夫以佐其身，以治天下，以天下治。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 代四十六县，上党七十县，不用一领甲，不苦一士民，此皆秦有也。 |
| 《申不害·佚文》: | 昔七十九代之君，法制不一，号令不同，然而俱王天下，何也？ |
| 《管子·轻重戊》: | 齐修械器十七月，修粜五月，即闭关不与衡山通使，燕代秦赵即引其使而归。 |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 与诸侯大战七十六，全胜六十四，馀则钧解。 |
| 《六韬·守国》: | 王即斋七日，北面再拜而问之。 |
| 《司马法·定爵》: | 七曰兵，是谓七政。 |
| 《尉缭子·制谈》: | 有提七万之众，而天下莫敢当者，谁 |
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