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千 - N5 Kanji

Meaning of 千 意味

thousand

千 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

ち chi

KUNYOMI 訓読み

セン sen

Examples

飲み代として使った金額は総計7千ドルだった。The total bill for drinks came up to 7000 dollars.
千人くらいの人がいた。There were toward a thousand people.
千人もの人がそこにいた。As many as a thousand people were there.
生徒は全部で約千人です。There are about a thousand students in all.
旅費はせいぜい千ドルだろう。The trip will cost $1000 at the outside.
彼女は二千冊本を持っている。She has two thousand books.
千に百を加えると千百になる。If you add one hundred to one thousand, you get eleven hundred.
千に百を加えると千百になる。If you add one hundred to one thousand, you get eleven hundred.
そのやまは海抜2千メートルだ。The mountain is 2000 meters above sea level.
このホールには人が二千人入れる。This hall holds 2,000 people.

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