The kanji 千: meaning, readings and stroke order

千

Meaning: thousand
On reading: セン sen
Kun reading: ち chi
Strokes: 3
Radical: 十 ten, complete
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: một nghìn (thiên)
Japanese: かずのせん。
Korean: 천
Chinese: 一千

Readings, words and example sentences

セン sen · on reading

千せん円えん
one thousand yen
千せん円えんで本を一さつかいました。
I bought a book for one thousand yen.

ち chi · kun reading · less common

千ち代よ紙がみ
patterned origami paper
千ち代よ紙がみでつるをおります。
I fold a paper crane from patterned paper.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.