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千 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「十」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「十」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
ちchi
Meaning
thousand

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person 人 with one added stroke → thousand.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen千円せんえん千人力せんじんりき千差万別せんさばんべつ
Kunちchi千草ちぐさ千々にちぢに

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 千円せんえん

    1000 yen

  • 千せん

    thousand

More words with this kanji

  • 千羽鶴せんばづる
  • 千仞せんじん
  • 千山万壑せんざんばんがく
  • 一攫千金いっかくせんきん
  • 一瀉千里いっしゃせんり
  • 千鈞せんきん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

千(せん)円(えん) はらいます。

I pay 1000 yen.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

千円千円circle十ten升measur…卅thirty午noon卉plants川river先ahead仙hermit占occupy仟thousa…
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Compound

Map of radical 十Map of reading センAll maps

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