千

ONせん、ぜん

KUNち

Meanings

thousand

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How to remember

The kanji for 'thousand' (千) looks like a person (人) with a long, sweeping arm gesture, as if trying to encompass a vast quantity like a THOUSAND.

'SEN' — You can SENd a THOUSAND letters in the mail.

千円せんえん

thousand yen

千年せんねん

thousand years

三千さんぜん

three thousand

千人せんにん

thousand people