Read Edit View history 千 qiān HSK2 thousand Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 一 represents the meaning and 亻 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas qiān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 千 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 千 ×韆 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 千 Simp strokes 千 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 千 Simp strokes 千 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 千 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 690, 777 ], [ 665, 786 ], [ 618, 791 ], [ 511, 734 ], [ 416, 695 ], [ 285, 655 ] ], [ [ 130, 437 ], [ 168, 422 ], [ 200, 420 ], [ 347, 444 ], [ 562, 469 ], [ 823, 491 ], [ 913, 461 ] ], [ [ 472, 687 ], [ 511, 671 ], [ 520, 647 ], [ 511, -24 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 510 708 Q 627 756 678 763 Q 697 763 701 771 Q 705 783 693 795 Q 671 813 625 833 Q 609 843 595 841 Q 586 838 586 826 Q 585 810 570 800 Q 542 778 480 747 Q 401 705 282 661 Q 275 651 282 648 Q 298 644 433 685 Q 445 689 460 692 L 510 708 Z", "M 545 441 Q 734 459 839 451 Q 912 448 918 453 Q 925 466 913 479 Q 882 507 837 528 Q 825 534 722 512 Q 719 512 545 489 L 489 482 Q 485 483 301 461 Q 234 451 133 450 Q 118 450 117 438 Q 117 425 136 410 Q 175 380 225 392 Q 270 405 392 424 Q 437 431 489 436 L 545 441 Z", "M 488 9 Q 494 -19 501 -29 Q 507 -36 515 -34 Q 531 -25 538 40 Q 548 125 546 211 Q 542 266 545 441 L 545 489 Q 545 597 559 658 Q 563 677 547 687 Q 526 702 510 708 C 483 721 444 718 460 692 Q 461 691 463 689 Q 467 679 475 668 Q 488 643 489 606 Q 490 551 489 482 L 489 436 Q 483 49 488 9 Z" ] } 3 strokes 千 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 597, 834 ], [ 645, 778 ], [ 284, 655 ] ], [ [ 123, 439 ], [ 209, 421 ], [ 804, 491 ], [ 916, 467 ] ], [ [ 466, 699 ], [ 521, 653 ], [ 506, -29 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M510,708C590,734 643,760 678,763C690,765 698,766 701,771C704,779 701,788 693,795C678,809 654,819 625,833C612,839 604,843 595,841C588,840 586,834 586,826C585,816 579,808 570,800C551,786 521,769 480,747C427,720 359,695 282,661C274,658 276,650 282,648C291,645 450,689 460,692C493,703 493,703 510,708Z", "M545,441C671,453 768,456 839,451C887,448 915,449 918,453C923,461 921,472 913,479C892,500 864,521 833,528C815,533 784,523 722,512C682,505 572,493 545,489C508,484 508,484 489,482C450,478 405,473 301,461C256,456 200,451 133,450C123,450 117,446 117,438C116,430 123,421 136,410C161,391 191,384 225,392C255,400 310,412 392,424C422,429 454,433 489,436C526,439 526,439 545,441Z", "M486,9C489,-9 495,-22 501,-29C504,-33 510,-37 515,-34C525,-25 545,34 544,74C541,179 545,401 545,441C545,473 545,473 545,489C545,561 549,618 559,658C561,671 556,681 547,687C532,697 520,704 510,708C494,714 451,707 460,692C470,676 470,676 475,668C484,653 488,631 489,606C489,585 489,524 489,482C489,451 489,451 489,436C489,119 478,53 486,9Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.