七 — seven; 7
- Pinyin
- qī
- Strokes
- 2
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 七: 2 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 七 in the HSK syllabus: 3
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 七qīseven; 7HSK 1
- 乱七八糟luànqībāzāochaotic; in disorder; muddledHSK 7–9
- 七嘴八舌qīzuǐ-bāshélively discussion with everybody talking at onceHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.