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千 = ノ + 十

千 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “thousand”. It is built from ノ (katakana no) and 十 (ten). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 40. It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword

thousand

RTK frame

40

Strokes

3

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

セン

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

ち

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

тысяча

Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi

千 thousand

Decomposition

Characters that contain 千

• 舌 tongue
• 升 measuring box
• 挿 insert
• 重 heavy
• 乖 disobey
• 粁 kilometer

How to find 千 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “ten”. 千 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 千 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.