千

qiān

q+iān·1st tone

thousand

Radical: 十 Strokes: 3 HSK 2

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Most common

Same radical

南克华十单半卖博升协卒午

Same radical

南克华十单半卖博升协卒午卓卑卉

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Character Decomposition

千=丿+十

Meanings

thousand

qiān

used in qiū qiān

qiān

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Words with 千 542 total

genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand打千dǎ qiān kilocalorie; kcal千卡qiān kǎ kilogram千克qiān kè a thousand miles · a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) · a long distance千里qiān lǐ

Idioms with 千 339 total Chain

myriad plants and flowers (idiom); rich and colorful百卉千葩bǎi huì qiān pā heavily damaged · (fig.) full of holes · riddled with problems百孔千疮bǎi kǒng qiān chuāng