# 七 — Seven

Frequency rank 217 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 公 (Public), less common than 過 (Surpass).

- On’yomi: しち
- Kun’yomi: なな
- Radical: 一 One (Kangxi 1)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The samurai's single flat cut goes through the gang at waist height and the top halves slide off two steps later.

In words:

- 七 しち / なな — seven
- 七つ ななつ — seven
- 七日 なのか — seven days,the seventh day

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