七時(しちじ)

しちじ
noun
seven o'clock
time-general
1. seven o'clock
The time at seven hours past midnight or noon.
七時(しちじ)に起(お)きる。
I wake up at seven o'clock.
会議(かいぎ)は七時(しちじ)からです。
The meeting starts at seven o'clock.
毎朝(まいあさ)七時(しちじ)に家(いえ)を出(で)る。
I leave home at seven o'clock every morning.

Pronunciation

Both しちじ and ななじ are used. しちじ is the standard reading; ななじ is often used to keep しちじ apart from いちじ (一時(いちじ), one o'clock), for example in announcements and on the phone.

Common patterns

  • 朝(あさ)七時(しちじ): 7 a.m.
  • 夜(よる)七時(しちじ): 7 p.m.
  • 七時半(しちじはん): 7:30
  • 七時(しちじ)ちょうど: exactly 7 o'clock
  • 七時(しちじ)過(す)ぎ: past 7 o'clock

Watch out

7 is read しち or なな depending on the word: 七月(しちがつ) (July) but 七(なな)つ (seven things), and 七日(なのか) (the 7th day) has a reading of its own.

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Added 2026.2.5 17:37 · Revised 2026.10.7 4:10
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