千 — thousand

千 means “thousand”. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written with 3 strokes. On'yomi: セン (sen). Kun'yomi: ち (chi). You'll see it in words such as 千 (sen, “thousand”).

千

How to remember 千

Ten (十) with a flourish (丿) on top. Add enough flourishes and ten becomes a thousand.

Parts: 丿 slash · 十 ten; cross

Words with 千

Example sentences

• このほんは千ページあります。
  This book has a thousand pages.

Don't confuse it with

• 干
• 午
• 牛
• 年
• 手
• 南
• 幸
• 七
• 十
• 土

More in the “Counting & money” set

• 百
• 千
• 万
• 円
• 半
• 分

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