Word Meaning 七宝

しちほう shichihou

七宝 is read as しちほう (shichihou) and means cloisonne ware.

Meaning

English

  1. cloisonne ware
  2. shippō emblem
  3. shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)
  4. the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli)

Reading

Kana

しちほう

Romaji

shichihou

Writing Variants

  • 七宝 しっぽう shippou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 8520 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

七珍万宝

しっちんまんぼう

the seven treasures and many other precious things

七宝文

しっぽうもん

shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)

七宝焼

しっぽうやき

cloisonne ware

七宝繋ぎ

しっぽうつなぎ

shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)

七大州

しちだいしゅう

the seven continents

七島

しちとう

Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)

七月革命

しちがつかくめい

July Revolution (France, 1830)

七大寺

しちだいじ

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

七辺形

しちへんけい

heptagon

七音音階

しちおんおんかい

heptatonic scale

七十古希

しちじゅうこき

men seldom live to be seventy

七並べ

しちならべ

fan-tan (game)