千 (さんぜん · せん · よんせん)

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 一 represents the meaning and 亻 represents the sound.

Components

• 一
• 亻 — 亻 is a component form of 人.

Example sentences

1. 一千万円くらいかな？ — Is it about ten million yen?
2. この本は三千円する。 — This book costs 3,000 yen.
3. 千人くらいの人がいた。 — There were toward a thousand people.
4. 千人もの人がそこにいた。 — As many as a thousand people were there.
5. 今年は、二千十一年です。 — This year is two thousand eleven.

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