Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Numeric; ้ก and ไป are used in legal documents
thousand; 1,000
many thousands
thousands; several thousand
millennium; one thousand years; long time
Numeric
3000; three thousand
ไธๅ only; Common noun
many
to be torn off; to come off
to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
Transitive verb
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up
Transitive verb
to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off
Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb
to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously
1000 yen
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.
Constituents
The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.
Mnemonic Stories
Think of squeezing two more zeros out of an eyedropper to the right of the number ten to make it a thousand.
Visually: One T = one thousand
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