七日

Japanese
Kanji in this term
七 日
なな > なの
Grade: 1		 か
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
7日

Etymology

Shift from Old Japanese 七日 (nanuka),[1][2][3][4][5] attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE;[2] ultimately from Proto-Japonic *nanuka.

The nanoka reading is first cited to a text from the late Edo period.[2]

Pronunciation

    Noun

    七(なの)日(か) or 七日(なぬか) • (nanoka or nanuka) 

    1. the seventh day of the month
    2. seven days

    See also
    Japanese number-counter combinations for 日
    1(st) 2(nd) 3(rd) 4(th) 5(th) 6(th) 7(th) 8(th) 9(th) 10(th)
    How many? 一(いち)日(にち) (ichinichi) 二(ふつ)日(か) (futsuka) 三(みっ)日(か) (mikka) 四(よっ)日(か) (yokka) 五(いつ)日(か) (itsuka) 六(むい)日(か) (muika) 七(なの)日(か) (nanoka)
    七(なぬ)日(か) (nanuka)    		 八(よう)日(か) (yōka) 九(ここの)日(か) (kokonoka) 十(とお)日(か) (tōka)
    What day? 一日(ついたち) (tsuitachi)
    一(いっ)日(ぴ) (ippi)
    11(th) 12(th) 13(th) 14(th) 15(th) 16(th) 17(th) 18(th) 19(th) 20(th)
    十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち) (jūichinichi) 十(じゅう)二(に)日(にち) (jūninichi) 十(じゅう)三(さん)日(にち) (jūsannichi) 十(じゅう)四(よっ)日(か) (jūyokka) 十(じゅう)五(ご)日(にち) (jūgonichi) 十(じゅう)六(ろく)日(にち) (jūrokunichi) 十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち) (jūshichinichi) 十(じゅう)八(はち)日(にち) (jūhachinichi) 十(じゅう)九(く)日(にち) (jūkunichi) 二十(はつ)日(か) (hatsuka)
    24(th) 27(th) 29(th) 30(th) 40(th) 50(th) 100(th) 1,000(th) 10,000(th)  ?
    二(に)十(じゅう)四(よっ)日(か) (nijūyokka) 二(に)十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち) (nijūshichinichi) 二(に)十(じゅう)九(く)日(にち) (nijūkunichi) 三(さん)十(じゅう)日(にち) (sanjūnichi)
    三(み)十(そ)日(か) (misoka)    		 四(し)十(じゅう)日(にち) (shijūnichi)
    四(よ)十(そ)日(か) (yosoka)    		 五(ご)十(じゅう)日(にち) (gojūnichi)
    五十(い)日(か) (ika)    		 百(ひゃく)日(にち) (hyakunichi)
    百(もも)日(か) (momoka)    		 千(せん)日(にち) (sennichi) 一(いち)万(まん)日(にち) (ichimannichi) 何(なん)日(にち) (nannichi)

    References
    1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
    2. “七日”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
    3. “七日”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
    4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    6. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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