千 — Chinese character
千
qiān
thousand; many, numerous; very
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Radical
- 24 ⼗ (Ten)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 丿 十
- Traditional
- 韆
- Japanese
- 千 as a kanji
Common words with 千
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千万 (千萬) | qiān wàn | ten million; countless |
| 平方千米 | píng fāng qiān mǐ | square kilometer |
| 千年 | qiān nián | millennium |
| 千米 | qiān mǐ | kilometer |
| 千里 | qiān lǐ | a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) |
| 成千上万 (成千上萬) | chéng qiān shàng wàn | (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless |
| 千方百计 (千方百計) | qiān fāng bǎi jì | lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means |
| 千瓦 | qiān wǎ | kilowatt |
| 千金 | qiān jīn | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches |
| 几千 (幾千) | jǐ qiān | several thousand |
| 千克 | qiān kè | kilogram |
| 千古 | qiān gǔ | for all eternity; throughout all ages |
English words written with 千
千 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 5 · Art of War 11 · Mencius 29 · Zhuangzi 41 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 64
- Analects 1.5
- Analects 5.7
- Analects 11.25
- Analects 16.12
- Art of War 2.1
- Art of War 4.20
- Art of War 5.23
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