Word Meaning 七情

しちじょう shichijou

七情 is read as しちじょう (shichijou) and means seven effects (of a traditional Chinese medicine).

Meaning

English

seven effects (of a traditional Chinese medicine)
seven emotions (in The Book of Rites: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire)
seven emotions (in Buddhism: joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate, desire)

Reading

Kana

しちじょう

Romaji

shichijou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 62505 Priority J

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しちめんちょう

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七福神

しちふくじん

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七不思議

ななふしぎ

seven wonders (of a particular area)

七草

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the seven spring flowers

七対子

ちーといつ

seven pairs

七五調

しちごちょう

seven-and-five-syllable meter

七公三民

しちこうさんみん

land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent

七化け

ななばけ

dance in which the performer quickly changes his clothes seven times

七生報国

しちしょうほうこく

unfailing devotion to one's country

七事式

しちじしき

seven tea ceremony procedures of the Senke school

七面体

しちめんたい

heptahedron

七年戦争

しちねんせんそう

Seven Years' War (1756-1763)