• thousand, 1000, one-thousandth;

Etymology

Its radical is (meaning "ten").

Primarily, it means one thousand (1000). Additionally, it can also mean field ridge, embankment between fields, or a swing (represented by the character 韆). It is a phono-semantic compound character and is the simplified form of 韆.

The character combines the meaning of ("one") and the sound component ("person") to express the meaning "thousand."

Alternative forms

(financial) 仟, 阡

For anti-counterfeiting purposes, a variant form 仟 is sometimes used in place of 千, and this is considered a homophone variant.

일천
ilcheon
cheon
Kangxi radical:24, + 1
Strokes:3
Unicode:U+5343
Cangjie input:
  • 竹十 (HJ)
Composition:
  • ⿱ 丿 十
Writing order
千 Writing order

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

References

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