JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
千 means thousand. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 3 strokes, read せん. It is built from 2 parts: 丿 (katakana no radical (no. 4)), 十 (ten).
千 is written in 3 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
千 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千 | せん | thousand |
These use 丿 or 十 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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