Chinese Character 千 Meanings and components.

Form

千

Meaning

千 meaning[3] in English

Thousand.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 千 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (丿) , and ten (十)

Its radical[1] is: 十 (shi2) which means: Ten, 10, .十shi2ten

In cangjie it is written with HJ

How to write 千

To write千qian1thousand you should write a combination of 丿pie3radical in … , 十shi2ten arranged in a 吕 shape:

丿 + 十 = 千

千 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 千 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 千, looks as follow:

千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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