千 thousand

On'yomi: セン
Kun'yomi: ち
Strokes: 3
JLPT: N5
Taught in: Primary school, year 1

Stroke order

1
2
3

千 is written in 3 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A slash falling onto ten — one stroke multiplies ten into a thousand.

A common word

千円せんえん 1000 yen

Example sentences

この本は千円です。
このほんはせんえんです。
This book is one thousand yen.
千円札がありますか。
せんえんさつがありますか。
Do you have a thousand-yen bill?

Don't confuse it with

十 ten

Kanji that share a part

丿 is its radical. 62 kanji share it in all.

十 is a component. 39 kanji share it in all.