JLPT N5 · 3 strokes
Kanji 千: "thousand"
The kanji 千 means "thousand". It is written with 3 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N5, read セン in on'yomi and ち in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ち
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | thousand |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 3 |
| JLPT level | N5 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 1 |
| Frequency rank | 195 of 2,501 |
Common words with 千
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 千thousand; 1,000
- 何千many thousands
- 数千thousands; several thousand
- 千年thousand years; millennium; long time
- 千切れるto be torn off; to come off · to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
- 千切るto tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up · to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off
- 千葉Chiba (city, prefecture)
- 千代thousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages; eternity
- 千万exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
- 千里1000 ri; (a) long distance
- 千載一遇once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
- 千葉県Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
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