(せん)

せん
noun
thousand, 1000
1. thousand, 1000
The number one thousand.
Please give me 1000 yen.
三千(さんぜん)(にん)()ました
3000 people came.
I was born in the year 2000.
Will 5000 yen be enough?
I bought a shirt for 8000 yen.
Note sound change: はっせん

(せん) means one thousand. Be careful of sound changes when counting.

SOUND CHANGES:

  • 一千(いっせん) / (せん): 1,000
  • 二千(にせん): 2,000
  • 三千(さんぜん): 3,000 (zen, not sen)
  • 四千(よんせん): 4,000
  • 五千(ごせん): 5,000
  • 六千(ろくせん): 6,000
  • 七千(ななせん): 7,000
  • 八千(はっせん): 8,000 (doubled s)
  • 九千(きゅうせん): 9,000

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 千円(せんえん)(さつ): 1,000-yen bill
  • 何千(なんぜん): thousands of
  • (せん)(ひと)つ: one in a thousand

KUN'YOMI READING:
() appears in place names like 千葉(ちば) (Chiba).