千
thousand
- 丿slash
- 十ten
- kun
- ちchi
- on
- センsen
mnemonic
A SLASH (丿) across the top of TEN (十): a tally mark multiplying ten up into a THOUSAND. "Sen" (セン) as in sen-en, a thousand yen, the smallest banknote.
examples
- 千せんsenthousand
- 千円せんえんsen'en1000 yen
- 三千さんぜんsanzenthree thousand