Word Meaning

chi

千 is read as ち (chi) and means thousand.

Meaning

English

  1. thousand
  2. 1,000

Reading

Kana

Romaji

chi

Writing Variants

  • せん sen
  • せん sen
  • せん sen

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 3 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 366 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

千生

せんなり

bottle gourd

千万

せんばん

exceedingly

四千

しせん

four thousand

何千

なんぜん

many thousands

三千

さんぜん

many

一千

いっせん

1,000

千鳥

ちどり

plover

千差万別

せんさばんべつ

an infinite variety of

千尋

ちひろ

great height

千草

ちぐさ

great variety of flowering plants

千島

ちしま

Kurile Islands

千里

せんり

1000 ri

Example Sentences

10

そふはせんのかわりにせんとかいた。

My grandfather wrote the formal variant for one thousand instead.

せんせいはせんがせんのだいじだとせつめいした。

The teacher explained that it is the formal numeral form of one thousand.

このちょうぼにはせんとかかれていて、かずはせんをあらわしている。

In this ledger, that character is written, and it stands for one thousand.

Is one thousand yen enough?

Bad news travels fast.

Ill news comes too soon.

That's 3000 yen altogether.

Is it about ten million yen?

Thousands of people lost their jobs.

Can you break a 1000 yen bill?