七人(しちにん) しちにん noun seven people quantitynumber 1. seven people A count of seven people, using the Sino-Japanese number with the counter 人(にん). Also read ななにん, which is now more common in speech. 七人(しちにん)で行(い)った。🔊 The seven of us went. この班(はん)は七人(しちにん)のメンバーで構成(こうせい)されている。🔊 This group is made up of seven members. 黒澤(くろさわ)監督(かんとく)の『七人(しちにん)の侍(さむらい)』は、世界中(せかいじゅう)の映画(えいが)に影響(えいきょう)を与(あた)えた。🔊 Director Kurosawa's Seven Samurai influenced films around the world. 七(しち) plus the counter 人(にん) for people.Which readingBoth しちにん and ななにん are correct. ななにん is preferred in speech because しち is easily misheard as 一(いち), but fixed titles and set phrases keep しちにん.Common patterns七人(しちにん)で: as a group of seven七人(しちにん)兄弟(きょうだい): seven siblings七人(しちにん)の侍(さむらい): Seven Samurai (the 1954 film)Related counts六人(ろくにん): six people八人(はちにん): eight people何人(なんにん): how many people Related Words Related: 何人(なんにん) Related: 三人(さんにん) Related: 六人(ろくにん) (six people) Related: 八人(はちにん) (eight people) general Added 2026.8.3 9:18 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02 30000/30350_shichinin