千
thousand
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How 千 is formed
How to remember it
thousand · Heisig RSH #39
eyedropper + 十 ten
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 千 as their sound component
These characters all use 千 (qiān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千 sound component | qiān | thousand; many, numerous; very |
| 纤 | xiān | fine, delicate; tiny, minute |
| 迁 | qiān | to shift, to move; to transfer, to change |
| 阡 | qiān | path; a foot-path between fields |
| 扦 | qiān | to probe, to poke, to pierce, to pick at |
| 忏 | chàn | to regret, to repent; confession, penitence |
| 仟 | qiān | one thousand; leader of one thousand men |
Words containing 千
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千山区 | Qiān shān Qū | Qianshan, a district of Anshan City 鞍山市[An1 shan1 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 一日千里 | yī rì qiān lǐ | lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress |
| 一字千金 | yī zì qiān jīn | one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy… |
| 一言千金 | yī yán qiān jīn | one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice; words of enormous weight |
| 在家千日好，出门一时难 | zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán | lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home … |
| 说一千，道一万 | shuō yī qiān , dào yī wàn | when all is said and done; at the end of the day |
| 好事不出门，恶事传千里 | hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ | lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles; a good deed… |
| 千里之外 | qiān lǐ zhī wài | thousand miles distant |
| 千里马 | qiān lǐ mǎ | lit. ten thousand mile horse; fine steed |
| 千阳县 | Qiān yáng Xiàn | Qianyang, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 万水千山 | wàn shuǐ qiān shān | ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey; a … |
| 上下五千年 | Shàng xià Wǔ Qiān nián | Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cao2 Yu2 … |
| 千金方 | Qiān jīn fāng | Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Si… |
| 出老千 | chū lǎo qiān | to cheat (in gambling) |
| 千里眼 | qiān lǐ yǎn | clairvoyance |
| 千里马常有，而伯乐不常有 | qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér Bó lè bù cháng yǒu | (lit.) there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb); (fig.) many … |
| 成百上千 | chéng bǎi shàng qiān | hundreds; a large number; lit. by the hundreds and thousands |
| 千字文 | Qiān zì wén | Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer |
| 平方千米 | píng fāng qiān mǐ | square kilometer |
| 成千上万 | chéng qiān shàng wàn | (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable;… |