Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
thousand
Kun:
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
195 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 千 【セン】 thousand, 1,000
  • 千九百年代 【センキュウヒャクネンダイ】 the 1900s
  • 一騎当千 【イッキトウセン】 being a match for a thousand, being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
  • 一人当千 【イチニントウセン】 being a match for a thousand

Kun reading compounds

  • 千 【せん】 thousand, 1,000
  • 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
  • 百千 【ひゃくせん】 a large number, all sorts, hundreds and thousands
  • 8000 【はっせん】 8000, eight thousand, many

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • mil
  • muchos

Portuguese

  • Mil

French

  • mille
101 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
12 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
47 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
156 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
83 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
15 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
12 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
240 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2697 Morohashi
3411 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
599 New Nelson (John Haig)
40 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
40 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
335 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
11 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2255 2001 Kanji
2k1.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-3 SKIP code
2040.0 Four corner code
1-32-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5343 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
hundred million, 10**8
On:
オク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
716 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 億 【オク】 hundred million, 100,000,000, 10^8
  • 億万 【オクマン】 millions and millions
  • 十億 【ジュウオク】 1,000,000,000, billion
  • 100億 【ヒャクオク】 10,000,000,000, ten billion

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
eog

Spanish

  • cien millones
  • 10 elevado a 8

Portuguese

  • cem milhões
  • 10 elevado a 8

French

  • cent millions
  • 10**8
557 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
452 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
430 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
389 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
551 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
868 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
335 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
382 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
383 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
650 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
136 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
192 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
148 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
992 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1178 Morohashi
170 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
321 New Nelson (John Haig)
983 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1058 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
462 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
622 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2158 2001 Kanji
2a13.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-13 SKIP code
2023.6 Four corner code
1-18-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5104 Unicode hex code