JLPT N5 kanji · Chapter 7

千 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

thousand

On
センsen
Kun
ちchi

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

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千3 strokes

How to write 千: stroke order

千 has 3 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

千 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes
The stroke order of 千 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 千

The parts 千 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

  • 丿

  • 十

    ten

    Radical

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JLPT N5 kanji · Chapter 7