Example sentences
xiàn现zài在qī七diǎn点。
It's seven o'clock.
qī七yuè月hěn很rè热。
July is hot.
The story behind the character
七
The earliest 七 is a horizontal and vertical crossing. It meant "to cut," a knife slicing through. Later it was borrowed for the number seven. So 七 started as "cut."
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