千里之行，始于足下千里之行，始於足下 in English
- lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
Character breakdown
Stroke order
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Show the animation 
Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
千
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 13 forms
里
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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 13 forms
之
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 26 forms
行
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 20 forms
始
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Bronze script 商代晚期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 16 forms
于
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 18 forms
足
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 15 forms
下
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東晉 - See all 18 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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千里之行，始于足下。
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.