千 means thousand
Add one small stroke to ten and the count jumps to a thousand.
On'yomi
- センsen
Kun'yomi
- ちchi
How it's built
- 丿slash
- 十ten
Common words
- 千せんthousand; 1,000
- 何千なんぜんmany thousands
- 千鳥ちどりplover
- 一千いっせん1,000; one thousand
Through history
Oracle bone
Bronze
Seal- Today