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The Chinese word qian - 千 - qiān
(thousand in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

qiān

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English translations

thousand,
a great amount, 1000

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 千 ( qiān ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( qian / qiān ) with pronunciation (English translation: thousand )
The traditional Chinese characters of qiān are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Numbers and Mathematics
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Character complexity
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千 is composed of 3 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

three strokes - three zeroes  |  
千 ( qian / qiān ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 410)
Chinese example words containing the character 千 ( qian / qiān )
老骥伏枥志在千里 ( lăojìfúlì zhìzàiqiānlĭ = an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop a thousand li ), 千斤顶 ( qiānjīndĭng = jack ), 千万 ( qiānwàn = to be sure )
Other characters that are pronounced qiān in Chinese
铅 (lead) , 签 (to sign)

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