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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.

Stroke order · 3 strokes

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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

This notebook costs one thousand yen.

As many as three thousand people gathered in the square.

This temple was built a thousand years ago.

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