漢字道KANJIDO

3 strokesRadical

10Elementary year 13 strokesRadical
On
セン
Kun
Meaning
thousand

Origin

ORIGIN

A person 人 with one added stroke → thousand.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

セン千円・千人力・千差万別
千草・千々に

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 千円せんえん

    1000 yen

  • せん

    thousand

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

千円 はらいます。

I pay 1000 yen.

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