十七(じゅうなな)

じゅうなな
number
seventeen
number
1. seventeen
The number seventeen. Formed by combining 十(じゅう) (ten) and 七(なな) (seven). Can also be read as じゅうしち.
十七(じゅうなな)時(じ)に会(あ)いましょう。
Let's meet at seventeen o'clock (5 PM).
24-hour time
My younger sister turned seventeen.
十七(じゅうしち)日(にち)は何(なに)をしますか。
What will you do on the seventeenth?
Alternative reading じゅうしち
There are seventeen students in the classroom.
I bought this book seventeen years ago.

十七(じゅうなな) is the number seventeen, formed from 十(じゅう) (ten) + 七(なな) (seven, also read しち).

Pronunciation

  • じゅうなな: the usual reading in counting and for ages (十七歳(じゅうななさい), 十七人(じゅうななにん))
  • じゅうしち: common in dates and times (十七日(じゅうしちにち), the 17th; 十七時(じゅうしちじ), 17:00)

なな is often preferred because しち is easy to mishear as いち (one).