千

Meanings: thousand, 1000 On Readings: セン sen Kun Readings: ち chi Most Used Pronunciation: sen JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 十 Stroke Number: 3

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Common jukugo
二千年 - に　せん　ねん ni sen nen - the year 2000, 2nd millennium
千円札 - せん　えん　さつ sen en satsu - 1,000 yen bill

Useful Examples
Japanese: 二千円札を持っていますか？
Romaji: ni sen en satsu o motte imasu ka?
English: Do you have a 2000 yen bill?

Japanese: この千円札を１００円硬貨１０個に替えてください。
Romaji: kono sen en satsu wo hyaku en kouka jikko ni kaete kudasai.
Literal: this 1000 yen bill one hundred yen coin(s) ten items to change please
English: Please change (break) this 1000-yen bill into ten 100-yen coins.

Japanese: 昨日千葉県に降雹があった。
Romaji: kinou Chiba ken ni kou hyou ga atta.
Literal: yesterday Chiba prefecture in hailstrorm was
English: Yesterday there was a hailstorm in Chiba Prefecture.

Japanese: 日本の人口は約１億２千万人です。
Romaji: nihon no jinkou wa yaku ichioku nisenman nin desu.
English: The population of Japan is about 120 million.

Look alike kanji
干

Notes/Mnemonic
It looks like a 10 [十] with a slanted line over it. Think of the line as adding two extra 0s: 1000

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.