千 — kanji meaning “thousand”
千
thousand
- Meanings
- thousand
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- ち
- Name readings
- かず、ゆき
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #195 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 24
- Chinese reading
- qiān — Chinese character page
Words with 千
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千里 | せんり senri | 1000 ri; (a) long distance |
| 千代 | ちよ chiyo | thousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages |
| 千葉 | ちば chiba | Chiba (city, prefecture) |
| 千秋楽 | せんしゅうらく senshuuraku | final day of a performance; closing date; final show |
| 千尋 | せんじん senjin | great depth; bottomless |
| 千秋 | せんしゅう senshuu | thousand years; many years |
| 千鳥 | ちどり chidori | plover |
| 八千代 | やちよ yachiyo | very long period; forever |
| 千島 | ちしま chishima | Kuril Islands; Kurile Islands; Chishima Islands |
| 千切り | せんぎり sengiri | finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables |
| 一攫千金 | いっかくせんきん ikkakusenkin | getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke |
| 千差万別 | せんさばんべつ sensabanbetsu | an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging |
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