二千(にせん)

にせん
number
two thousand
number
1. two thousand
The number two thousand. Formed by combining 二(に) (two) and 千(せん) (thousand).
二千(にせん)円(えん)です。
It's two thousand yen.
二千(にせん)年(ねん)に生(う)まれました。
I was born in the year two thousand.
この町(まち)には二千(にせん)人(にん)ぐらい住(す)んでいます。
About two thousand people live in this town.
駅(えき)まで二千(にせん)メートルぐらいあります。歩(ある)いて二十(にじゅう)分(ぷん)かかります。
It's about two thousand meters to the station. It takes twenty minutes on foot.
この本(ほん)は二千(にせん)五百(ごひゃく)円(えん)です。少(すこ)し高(たか)いですが、とても良(よ)い本(ほん)です。
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.

Etymology

二(に) (two) + 千(せん) (thousand) = 2,000

Pronunciation

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

Common collocations

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.

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Added 2026.1.7 21:48 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:00
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