千
千

thousand

3 strokesFrequency 195JLPT N4Grade 1

On

セン

Kun

ち

Nanori

かずゆき

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

thousand

Constituents

丶drop
十needle
十ten

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

Dictionary

Common Words

千阡仟せんち (千)Freq #2251
1

Numeric; 阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents

thousand; 1,000

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.
何千なんぜんNounFreq #7630
1

many thousands

Examples
何千もの人々がそこにいた。
Thousands of people were there.
数千すうせんNounFreq #7677
1

thousands; several thousand

Examples
ギャングたちは銀行から数千ドルを奪った。
Gangsters robbed a bank of thousands of dollars.
千年千歳千載せんねん (千年)ちとせ (千年／千歳)せんざい (千歳／千載)Noun～の Adj.Freq #8923
1

millennium; one thousand years; long time

３０００三千３千三〇〇〇さんぜんFreq #10554
1

Numeric

3000; three thousand

2

三千 only; Common noun

many

ちぎれる千切れるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #12478
1

to be torn off; to come off

2

to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

引きちぎる引き千切るひきちぎるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #12488
1

to tear off

ちぎる千切るUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #13088
1

Transitive verb

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up

2

Transitive verb

to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off

3

Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb

to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously

１０００円千円せんえんNounFreq #13816
1

1000 yen

Examples
私は５千円だけしか持っていません。
I have only five thousand yen.
千葉ちばNounFreq #14074
1

Chiba (city, prefecture)

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