thousand
On'yomi (音読み)
- セン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- ち
- い.
- せん
About this kanji
The kanji 千 means 'thousand' and is commonly used as a numerical term. It is usually read as セン in the on'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading) and ち or せん in the kun'yomi (native Japanese readings). You will encounter this kanji in everyday expressions such as 千円 (せんえん), which means 'one thousand yen', and 四千 (よんせん), meaning 'four thousand'. Another example is 三千 (さんぜん) for 'three thousand'. It's useful to remember that this kanji appears in various contexts involving counting and money, so you might see it often in shops or when discussing prices.
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Example sentences
千円は大きいです。
One thousand yen is a lot.
Meanings across languages
- English
- thousand
- Tiếng Việt
- nghìn
- 日本語
- 千
- 한국어
- 천
- 中文
- 千
- id
- seribu
- th
- พัน
- es
- mil
- fr
- mille
- de
- tausend
- pt
- mil
Common compounds
- 千円せんえんthousand yen
- 四千よんせんfour thousand
- 三千さんぜんthree thousand
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