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Chinese symbol for “seventies”

七十年代
qī shí nián dài
the seventies; the 1970s

The closest CC-CEDICT match for seventies is 七十年代 (qī shí nián dài), defined as: the seventies; the 1970s.

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Characters and stroke order

七 qī
seven
radical 1 ⼀ · 2 strokes
十 shí
ten, tenth; complete; perfect
radical 24 ⼗ · 2 strokes
年 nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes
代 dài
era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 七十年代.

WordPinyinMeaning
十七shí qīseventeen; 17
七十qī shíseventy; 70
乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)luàn qī bā zāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
七彩qī cǎiseven colors; a variety of colors; multicolored; rainbow-colored
三七sān qīpseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
七旬qī xún70 years; one's seventies; 70 days
十分shí fēnvery; completely
十五shí wǔfifteen; 15
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
代表dài biǎorepresentative; delegate

See also: Japanese symbol for “seventies”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.