Meaning & readings
thousand
On’yomi セン
Kun’yomi ち
Nanori かず、ゆき
Origin
This character combines two components to represent a large quantity. The top stroke is a diagonal line, and the bottom is the character for ten. Together they suggest the idea of multiplying or stacking — many tens piled together to reach a much larger number. The simple, elegant form reflects how the character evolved as a shorthand way to write "a thousand" without drawing out a full phrase.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 丿
- 十
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 3
- Kangxi radical
- 24
- Grade
- Grade 1 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #195 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 4
- Unicode
- U+05343