How to write 七 (qī, “seven”)

七 (qī), an HSK 1 character, means “seven” and “7”. It is the number 7. As an overlapping character it splits into 一 (“one”, the radical), stroke 1; 乚 (“hook”), stroke 2, written the first part first. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 乱七八糟 (“chaotic”), 七嘴八舌 (“lively discussion with everybody talking at once”) and 七十 (“seventy”). Japanese reads it shichi, “seven”, as a JLPT N5 kanji.

Pinyin

qī

Strokes

2

HSK

1

Radical

一 (“one”)