七十
しちじゅう
hepburn shichijuu
seventy, 70
Part of speech · numeral
Pattern visualization
七seven
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十ten
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2 strokes · 1.3s
Examples
- 七十歳の祖父。My 70-year-old grandfather.
- 七十年の歴史。70 years of history.
Collocations
七十 (shichijuu, 70)ななじゅう (nanajuu)七十歳古希 (koki, 70th)七十年代 (1970s)
Mnemonic
Shichijuu (七十) is "seventy." Dual reading: shichijuu (orthodox) or nanajuu (colloquial). 七 reads shichi (phones, clocks, month) or nana (everyday). Koki 70th comes from Du Fus "Life 70 has been rare since old times."
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七 split?