JLPT N5
千
Thousand
Onyomi
セン (sen)
Kunyomi
ち (chi)
🧠 Memory Mnemonic
🔍 Radical Breakdown
千 (thousand - a base shape, visually resembling a stylized needle)
📖 Mnemonic Story
Visualize a giant, super-fine NEEDLE. The top horizontal stroke is its eye, and the vertical stroke with the slight diagonal cut makes up its incredibly sharp body and tip. It's so delicate and precise, it could stitch a THOUSAND tiny stitches in a single moment!
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Quick Hint:
Giant needle
Essential N5 Vocabulary
千
せん
Thousand
千円
せんえん
1000 yen
三千
さんぜん
Three thousand
Kanji Practice Quiz
Verify your memory for "千"
この本は ＿＿＿＿＿円です。
🎉 正解 / Correct!
解説: 千は「せん」と読み、数を表します。
English: 千 is read as 'sen' and represents a thousand.
English: 千 is read as 'sen' and represents a thousand.
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