qiān

one thousand

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

千 sound component

  Sound component

qiān

  

thousand

Evolution

仟 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
仟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qiān

one thousand; leader of one thousand men; thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral)