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HSK 2 word · number

qiān

thousand

Stroke order

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123

3 strokes

Example sentence

这里有一千个人。

Zhè lǐ yǒu yì qiān ge rén.

There are one thousand people here.

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What does 千 mean?
千 (qiān) means "thousand" in English. It is an HSK 2 vocabulary word.
How many strokes does 千 have?
千 has 3 strokes. Follow the stroke order diagram above to write it correctly.
Which HSK level is 千 in?
千 is part of the HSK 2 word list, so it belongs to the elementary vocabulary band taught in the daily lessons.