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仟 Stroke Order — How to Write 仟

Stroke Order

仟 is written in 5 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 亻, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

仟 Radical and Character Components

Components:亻千

仟 is a phono-semantic compound: 亻 (people) carries the meaning, while 千 indicates the sound.

Radical: 亻 + 3 more strokes

仟 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • qiān

Meanings of 仟 in Chinese

1

qiān仟

The formal character for 'thousand', used in financial or legal contexts to prevent alteration.
请您支付一仟元现金。
Please pay one thousand yuan in cash.
In ancient times, a leader of a thousand soldiers.
他曾是一名勇敢的仟夫将军。
He was once a brave general, a leader of a thousand men.
Refers to paths between fields, similar to '阡' (qiān), often used to describe crisscrossing field paths.
远眺田野,仟陌纵横
Gazing into the distance at the fields, the paths crisscross.

Words with 仟

  • qiān仟fū夫thousand men, commander of a thousand
  • qiān仟mò陌Field paths, Farmland
  • yì一qiān仟one thousand, a thousand
  • yī壹qiān仟yuán元One thousand yuan, 1000 yuan

Idioms with 仟

  • tián田lián连qiān仟bǎi佰Vast, contiguous fields stretching for great distances

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Questions about 仟

What does 仟 mean in Chinese?

仟 (qiān) means “In ancient times” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 仟?

仟 is pronounced qiān in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 仟 have?

仟 has 5 strokes.

How do you write 仟?

仟 is written in 5 strokes, starting from the radical 亻. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 仟?

The radical of 仟 is 亻, and 仟 is a phono-semantic compound.

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