千
千: thousand
thousand
3 strokesElementary · Grade 1 (10級)in 48 words here
Readings
On
セン
Kunち
せん. It voices after 三: 三千(さんぜん), and doubles after 八: 八千(はっせん). 千(せん) alone already means 1,000.
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Key words
千せんthousand
三千さんぜんthree thousand
八千はっせんeight thousand
千年せんねんa thousand years
千代ちよa thousand years; eternity
Example sentences
このノートは千円です。
This notebook costs one thousand yen.
広場には三千人もの人が集まりました。
As many as three thousand people gathered in the square.
このお寺は千年も前に建てられました。
This temple was built a thousand years ago.