Word Meaning 七島

しちとう shichitou

七島 is read as しちとう (shichitou) and means Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis).

Meaning

English

  1. Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
  2. seven islands (e.g. of Izu)

Reading

Kana

しちとう

Romaji

shichitou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 32854 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

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七島藺

しちとうい

Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)

七宝

しっぽう

cloisonne ware

七大州

ななだいしゅう

the seven continents

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)

七角形

しちかっけい

heptagon

七輪

しちりん

earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)

七星

しちせい

the Big Dipper (asterism)