Dong Chinese dictionary

qiān

thousand

Phonosemantic compound. 一 represents the meaning and 亻 represents the sound.

Components

一 Meaning component

yī

one

亻 Sound component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

千 and 亻 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.千 /*s.n̥ˤi[ŋ]/
亻 /*ni[ŋ]/

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

千

qiān

thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler

千 (韆)

qiān

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiūqiān]

Most common words with 千

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	千万	ten million
	千	thousand
	几千	several thousand
	千瓦	kilowatt (unit of electric power)
	成千上万	innumerable

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (0 verified)

歼芊釺钎

Sound component in 10 characters (1 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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