Word Meaning 七宝

しっぽう shippou

七宝 is read as しっぽう (shippou) 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

しっぽう

Romaji

shippou

Writing Variants

  • 七宝 しちほう shichihou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 8243 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

七珍万宝

しっちんまんぽう

the seven treasures and many other precious things

七宝文

しっぽうもん

shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)

七宝つなぎ

しっぽうつなぎ

shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)

七宝焼き

しっぽうやき

cloisonne ware

七大州

ななだいしゅう

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)