Kanji 千 — "Thousand"
Here is what 千 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Thousand" stick.
How it is read
せん
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
ち
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
The kanji and component are the same — Thousand is a thousand!
- 千 Thousand
This electric pole is very dangerous. It has Thousand volts of electricity. Don't touch it.
Words that use 千
1 of 1 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 千 せん thousand
Want 千 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
