千 – JLPT N5 Kanji, Kanji for thousand (With 3D Visualization)
Kanji for thousand
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千
- Meanings
- thousand
- Onyomi
- セン
- Kunyomi
- ち
- Name Readings
- かず, ゆき
- JLPT
- N5
- Grade
- 1
- Frequency
- -
- Kanji Writing Practice
- Practice
Stroke Order
Story
The kanji 千 began as a picture showing the number ten (十) combined with a small line above it to mean “many tens.” In ancient counting, that extra line turned ten into a much larger amount — a thousand. The symbol carried the sense of abundance, large quantities, or continuation. Even today, 千 keeps its simple shape and clear meaning: a big number, one thousand.
Short Story
Formed from the number ten (十) with an added stroke, 千 shows the idea of many tens — a large, complete number meaning one thousand.
Mnemonic
Imagine you take the number ten (十) and add just one more line — that small stroke makes it ten times bigger! That’s 千, the kanji for one thousand.
Vocabulary Examples
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 千 | せん | thousand, 1,000 | common JLPT-N5 Numeric |
| 千切り | せんぎり | finely cut strips (of vegetables), shredded vegetables | Noun |
| 千里 | せんり | 1000 ri, (a) long distance | common Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 千円札 | せんえんさつ | 1,000 yen bill | common Noun |
| 千載一遇 | せんざいいちぐう | once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity), golden (opportunity), one-in-a-million (chance) | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 千尋 | せんじん | great depth, bottomless | Noun |
| 千差万別 | せんさばんべつ | an infinite variety of, multifarious, being extremely varied and wide-ranging | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 千羽鶴 | せんばづる | (string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes | Noun |
| 千島列島 | ちしまれっとう | Kurile Islands | common Noun |
| 千万 | せんまん | 10,000,000, ten million | Numeric |