ChiramiN5 kanji · 3 strokes
千 means thousand
千
丿 a mark · 十 ten
千Memory trick
Ten (十) with a mark on top: a thousand.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- thousand
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) ち chi
ち (chi) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) セン sen
セン (sen) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
何千 なんぜん · nanzen
many thousands
Built from
- 丿 a sweeping stroke
- 十 ten
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
Quick check
What does 千 mean?
Right: 千 means thousand.Not quite: 千 means thousand.In 何千, which reading does 千 use?
Right. 何千 is read なんぜん (nanzen): 千 takes セン, its reading from Chinese, which becomes ぜん here.Not quite. 何千 is read なんぜん (nanzen): 千 takes セン, its reading from Chinese, which becomes ぜん here.