Memory phrase for the Kanji: 千

千

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Meaning thousand

Pronunciation

SEN
chi

Explanation

Combination of 人 with one 一 (see 'one' 一 as "many persons aligned")

Mnemonic
 
Many persons aligned to each other add up to 1000.

Radicals

十 ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
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 Vocabulary

千円札 せんえんさつ  1,000 yen bill
千 せん  thousand (1, 000)
千葉 ちば  Chiba (city)
千代 ちよ  thousand years a very long time

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