Kanji
千
kanji character
thousand
千 kanji-千 thousand
千
Meaning
thousand
Readings
Kun'yomi
- ち ぎる to tear to pieces
- ち ぎれる to be torn off
- ち よ thousand years
On'yomi
- せん thousand
- よん せん four thousand
- いっ せん 1,000
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Common Words
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一 騎 当 千 being a match for a thousand, being a mighty warrior (combatant, player) -
一 刻 千 金 every moment is precious, time is money, precious time -
一 字 千 金 word of great value -
一 千 1, 000, one thousand - １
千 1, 000, one thousand -
一 望 千 里 sweeping view of the eye, boundless expanse -
一 瀉 千 里 one swift effort, rush through one's work, fast-talking... -
引 き千 切 るto tear off -
何 千 many thousands -
海 千 山 千 cunning and experienced in the ways of the world, crafty and worldly-wise, sly old (fox) -
幾 千 thousands -
三 千 3000, three thousand, many - ３
千 3000, three thousand, many -
三 千 世 界 the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened, the whole wide world -
笑 止 千 万 highly ridiculous, quite absurd -
数 千 thousands, several thousand -
千 thousand, 1, 000 -
千 羽 鶴 (string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes -
千 円 1000 yen -
千 円 札 1, 000 yen bill -
千 億 100, 000, hundred billion... -
千 軍 万 馬 (having experienced) many battles -
千 言 万 語 a great many words, huge number of words -
千 古 all ages, great antiquity, eternity -
千 差 万 別 an infinite variety of, multifarious, being extremely varied and wide-ranging -
千 載 一 遇 once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity), golden (opportunity), one-in-a-million (chance) -
千 載 一 隅 once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity), golden (opportunity), one-in-a-million (chance) -
千 載 一 偶 once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity), golden (opportunity), one-in-a-million (chance) -
千 三 屋 broker, land agent, great liar... -
千 姿 万 態 endless variety