千 · qiān
thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
- Mandarin
- qiān
- Cantonese
- cin1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 千 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 천
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5343
- Radical
- 十 · 24
- Strokes
- 3 · Unihan
- Residual
- 1
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
3 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 千
Character connections
Component roles · attributed
- 人 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 人聲
Line 1370 · ⿱十人 · 人聲 · source reference 0540030
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
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History & distinctions
Related forms
韆
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- tshen · 蒼先 反切 · #577
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 4672 · tshen = 山開四平先清
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- qiān
- kCantonese
- cin1
- kDefinition
- thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
- kTotalStrokes
- 3
- kRSUnicode
- 24.1
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+5343 U+97C6
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+5343
- kGradeLevel
- 2
- kTGH
- 2013:41
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- qiān 10059.010
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- qiān 0909.010
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- qiān 295.030,295.040
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- qiān(881)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- qiān粵cin1