千

千 — thousand

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 3
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #195 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: せん sen
Kun'yomi: ち chi

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 千

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

千せん thousand JLPT N5