Read Edit View history 七 qī HSK1 seven Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts two lines crossing. Based on the original meaning "cut", now written as 切. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas qī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 七 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 101, 340 ], [ 172, 328 ], [ 492, 417 ], [ 767, 476 ], [ 820, 476 ], [ 882, 461 ] ], [ [ 364, 750 ], [ 397, 734 ], [ 424, 701 ], [ 407, 327 ], [ 414, 194 ], [ 431, 131 ], [ 477, 103 ], [ 544, 91 ], [ 658, 97 ], [ 747, 116 ], [ 784, 112 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 433 375 Q 649 436 864 443 Q 889 443 895 453 Q 901 469 887 480 Q 812 531 750 510 Q 698 494 450 429 Q 441 428 434 424 L 387 414 Q 314 398 270 386 Q 204 367 103 353 Q 88 352 88 339 Q 89 326 111 313 Q 130 303 166 293 Q 179 290 196 301 Q 253 328 386 363 L 433 375 Z", "M 386 363 Q 386 159 409 117 Q 445 69 575 64 Q 719 58 792 93 Q 805 102 804 113 Q 800 132 779 142 Q 749 157 729 154 Q 716 154 707 147 Q 680 125 543 118 Q 473 118 450 150 Q 426 189 433 375 L 434 424 Q 437 644 465 686 Q 481 714 452 734 Q 416 759 394 765 Q 363 772 354 758 Q 347 748 357 739 Q 391 705 388 630 Q 391 551 387 414 L 386 363 Z" ] } 2 strokes 七 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 106, 352 ], [ 175, 340 ], [ 787, 490 ], [ 903, 478 ] ], [ [ 376, 754 ], [ 447, 694 ], [ 429, 254 ], [ 451, 135 ], [ 500, 104 ], [ 590, 90 ], [ 819, 123 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M455,385C600,421 780,459 874,455C900,454 918,477 897,492C846,528 801,537 760,522C695,500 540,454 456,435C423,428 423,428 407,424C297,400 179,374 113,363C81,359 109,330 121,323C133,317 161,298 180,305C231,325 337,357 406,373C439,381 439,381 455,385Z", "M406,373C403,237 403,151 429,117C451,86 527,59 615,59C696,60 746,69 790,85C831,100 842,123 799,142C778,152 745,164 727,149C710,137 674,124 615,120C568,118 497,120 472,154C453,180 452,237 455,385C456,418 456,418 456,435C458,582 471,656 489,684C500,703 492,722 474,734C449,752 427,762 414,765C392,770 380,768 374,758C369,752 370,746 377,739C388,728 397,707 401,684C415,596 408,495 407,424C406,390 406,390 406,373Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.