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<WL>七 [qī] seven; (周易) young/unbreaking/unchanging 阳() yáng (⚌)
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<WL>七 [qī] seven; (周易) young/unbreaking/unchanging 阳/陽 yáng male line (⚌)
 
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The oldest graphs associated with 七 qī ‘seven’ look like modern 十 shí ‘ten’; and old 十 ‘ten’ graphs were a single vertical line 丨, or else a dot was added in the middle of 丨; the dot was eventually lengthened, giving shapes like modern 十; then, in order to distinguish 七 from 十, the central line of 七(􂤜𠀁) became curved.
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The character 七 qī ‘seven’ (2 strokes) is the usual number form (小写), in special contexts also wr. in the elaborate for 㭍/柒 (大写); formerly wr. 𠀁.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 七(􂤜𠀁) qī ‘seven’, the number of the young/unchanging male ⚌ (周易), is said to combine a horizontal 阳() yáng ‘male/bright’ line 一(⚊), with a curved vertical line representing its struggle to remain unchanged in the face of incipient/seductive 阴() yīn ‘female/dark’ forces (⚋).
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 七(􂤜𠀁) qī ‘seven’, the number of the young/unchanging male ⚌ (周易), is said to combine a horizontal 阳/陽 yáng ‘male/bright’ line 一(⚊), with a curved vertical line representing its struggle to remain unchanged in the face of incipient/seductive 阴/陰 yīn ‘female/dark’ forces (⚋).
 
Compare: (周易) 七(􂤜𠀁) ‘young/unchanging male’ (⚊→⚊⇒⚌); 六(􂤛) ‘old/changing female’ (⚋→⚊⇒⚍/⚎).
 
Compare: (周易) 七(􂤜𠀁) ‘young/unchanging male’ (⚊→⚊⇒⚌); 六(􂤛) ‘old/changing female’ (⚋→⚊⇒⚍/⚎).
 
Compare: (周易) 九(􂤝𢌬) ‘old/changing male’ (⚊→⚋⇒⚎/⚍); 八(􀋮) ‘young/unchanging female’ (⚋→⚋⇒⚏).
 
Compare: (周易) 九(􂤝𢌬) ‘old/changing male’ (⚊→⚋⇒⚎/⚍); 八(􀋮) ‘young/unchanging female’ (⚋→⚋⇒⚏).
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Note: The digram ⚌ ‘young/unchanging male’ doubles ⚊ ‘male’; doubling signifies unchanging, the lower line type (in the present) remains the same as the upper line type (in the future).
 
Compare: 丂(􀴱) kǎo/qiǎo (巧); 屯(􀄀) zhūn (䷂); 丨(􀃻) gǔn/shù/sì.
 
Compare: 丂(􀴱) kǎo/qiǎo (巧); 屯(􀄀) zhūn (䷂); 丨(􀃻) gǔn/shù/sì.
 
Compare: 〇 ‘0’ (☷), 一 ‘1’ (☳), 二 ‘2’ (☵), 三 ‘3’ (☱), 四 ‘4’ (☶), 五 ‘5’ (☲), 六 ‘6’ (☴), 七 ‘7’ (☰), 八 ‘8’ (𝌓), 九 ‘9’ (𝌒), 十 ‘10’ (𝌐), ….
 
Compare: 〇 ‘0’ (☷), 一 ‘1’ (☳), 二 ‘2’ (☵), 三 ‘3’ (☱), 四 ‘4’ (☶), 五 ‘5’ (☲), 六 ‘6’ (☴), 七 ‘7’ (☰), 八 ‘8’ (𝌓), 九 ‘9’ (𝌒), 十 ‘10’ (𝌐), ….
Note: The even digits 〇二四六八十 are all symmetrical; and after 一 and 三, odd digits 五七九 are asymmetrical.
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Note: The even digits 〇、二、四、六、八、十 are all symmetrical; and after 一 and 三, odd digits 五、七、九 are asymmetrical.
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The oldest graphs associated with 七 qī ‘seven’ look like modern 十 shí ‘ten’; the old graphs associated with 十 ‘ten’ were wr. with 丨 a single vertical line, or else a dot was added in the middle of 丨; the dot was eventually lengthened, giving shapes like modern 十; then, in order to distinguish 七 from 十, the central line of 七(􂤜𠀁) became curved.
 
HDZ: 七 : qī : (数词) 六加一的和; (文体名) 七体: 骚赋的一种 (骚体); 人死后, 每七天一祭, 至四十九日为止 (满七); 人日, 农历正月初七; (姓)
 
HDZ: 七 : qī : (数词) 六加一的和; (文体名) 七体: 骚赋的一种 (骚体); 人死后, 每七天一祭, 至四十九日为止 (满七); 人日, 农历正月初七; (姓)
 
#rG.468.43 W.33a H.30 K.AD1055,GSR400a D.1.3.3 L.337 M.579 KX..75.07 B.001.0.07 WHY...112 E.1
 
#rG.468.43 W.33a H.30 K.AD1055,GSR400a D.1.3.3 L.337 M.579 KX..75.07 B.001.0.07 WHY...112 E.1
 
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Latest revision as of 03:47, 9 June 2019

[] seven; (​) young/unbreaking/unchanging ​/​ yáng male line (⚌)

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹qī {A} num. seven; 7b.f. each of seven seventh-day memorials after a deathèr ∼ 二∼ second seventh-day memorialcons. ∼ A bā B topsy-turvy AB∼shàngbāxià ∼上八下 confused∼dàbāxiǎo ∼大八小 of unequal size

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The character 七 qī ‘seven’ (2 strokes) is the usual number form (​), in special contexts also wr. in the elaborate for ​/​ (​); formerly wr. ​𠀁.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 七(​𠀁) qī ‘seven’, the number of the young/unchanging male ⚌ (​), is said to combine a horizontal ​/​ yáng ‘male/bright’ line ​(⚊), with a curved vertical line representing its struggle to remain unchanged in the face of incipient/seductive ​/​ yīn ‘female/dark’ forces (⚋).
    Compare: (​) 七(​𠀁) ‘young/unchanging male’ (⚊→⚊⇒⚌); ​ ‘old/changing female’ (⚋→⚊⇒⚍/⚎).
    Compare: (​) ​(​𢌬) ‘old/changing male’ (⚊→⚋⇒⚎/⚍); ​ ‘young/unchanging female’ (⚋→⚋⇒⚏).
    Note: The digram ⚌ ‘young/unchanging male’ doubles ⚊ ‘male’; doubling signifies unchanging, the lower line type (in the present) remains the same as the upper line type (in the future).
    Compare: ​ kǎo/qiǎo (​); ​ zhūn (䷂); ​ gǔn/shù/sì.
    Compare: ​ ‘0’ (☷), ​ ‘1’ (☳), ​ ‘2’ (☵), ​ ‘3’ (☱), ​ ‘4’ (☶), ​ ‘5’ (☲), ​ ‘6’ (☴), 七 ‘7’ (☰), ​ ‘8’ (𝌓), ​ ‘9’ (𝌒), ​ ‘10’ (𝌐), ….
    Note: The even digits ​、​、​、​、​、​ are all symmetrical; and after ​ and ​, odd digits ​、七、​ are asymmetrical.
    The oldest graphs associated with 七 qī ‘seven’ look like modern ​ shí ‘ten’; the old graphs associated with ​ ‘ten’ were wr. with ​ a single vertical line, or else a dot was added in the middle of ​; the dot was eventually lengthened, giving shapes like modern ​; then, in order to distinguish 七 from ​, the central line of 七(​𠀁) became curved.
    HDZ: 七 : qī : (​) ​; (​) 七​: ​ (​); ​, ​七​, ​ (​七); ​, ​七; (​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:468.43; Wieger:33a; Henshall:30; Karlgren:AD1055,GSR400a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.3.3; Lindqvist:337; Mathews:579; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:75.07; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:001.0.07; Wáng(1993):112; EDOC:1
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