(せん)

せん
noun
thousand, 1000
number
1. thousand, 1000
The number one thousand.
(せん)(えん)ください
Please give me 1000 yen.
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.

Counting patterns

Common expressions

KUN'YOMI reading

() appears in place names like 千葉(ちば) (Chiba).