千 – thousand

3 strokesTaught in grade 1#195 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 千 means thousand. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ち (chi). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 十 (no. 24).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	ち	chi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 十 (Kangxi radical 24). Components: ノ・十.

Words using 千

千せんthousand

Example sentences

飲み代として使った金額は総計７千ドルだった。

The total bill for drinks came up to 7000 dollars.

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Kanji with the same radical

十協午半南単卒博卓卑

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