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千
thousand
N5On: せん、ぜんKun: ち
Memory Aid
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.
Vocabulary
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
Example Sentences
この本は千円です。
This book is one thousand yen.
日本には千を超える島があります。
There are over a thousand islands in Japan.
このお寺は三千年前に建てられました。
This temple was built three thousand years ago.
千代紙で折り紙をします。
I make origami with chiyogami (decorative paper).