(にせん)

にせん
number
two thousand
1. two thousand
The number two thousand. Formed by combining () (two) and (せん) (thousand).
二千(にせん)(えん)です
It's two thousand yen.
I was born in the year two thousand.
About two thousand people live in this town.
It's about two thousand meters to the station. It takes twenty minutes on foot.
This book is two thousand five hundred yen. It's a bit expensive, but it's a very good book.

二千(にせん) is the number two thousand.

COMPONENTS:
() (two) + (せん) (thousand) = 2,000

PRONUNCIATION NOTE:
Unlike 三千(さんぜん) (3000) and 八千(はっせん) (8000), 二千(にせん) keeps the unvoiced せん without sound change.

THOUSANDS PATTERN:

  • (せん): 1,000
  • 二千(にせん): 2,000
  • 三千(さんぜん): 3,000 (voiced)
  • 四千(よんせん): 4,000
  • 五千(ごせん): 5,000
  • 八千(はっせん): 8,000 (irregular)

COMMON USES:

  • 二千(にせん)(えん): 2,000 yen
  • 二千(にせん)(ねん): year 2000
  • 二千(にせん)(にん): 2,000 people
  • 二千(にせん)メートル: 2,000 meters

COMBINATIONS:
二千(にせん)五百(ごひゃく) (2,500), 二千(にせん)三百(さんびゃく) (2,300), etc.