千

thousand

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ち

Nanori (名乗り)

かずゆき

Stroke Order

3 / 3

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:3

JLPT:N5

Frequency:195

Vocabulary

セン

Word	Reading	Meaning
千秋楽	センシュウラク	final day of a performance; closing date; final show; final day of a tournament
千里	センリ	1000 ri; (a) long distance
四千	シセン	four thousand; 4,000
千九百年代	センキュウヒャクネンダイ	the 1900s
数千	スウセン	thousands; several thousand

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一千	いっせん	1,000; one thousand
何千	なんぜん	many thousands
三千	さんぜん	3000; three thousand; many
千	せん	thousand; 1,000
千	ち	thousand; 1,000

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

measuring box, 1.8 liter

axe, 1.32 lb, catty, counter for loaves of bread, axe radical (no. 69)

noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

linen, cloth, spread, distribute