八 千(はっせん)

はっせん

number

eight thousand; 8,000

1. eight thousand; 8,000

The number 8,000. 八(はち) shortens to はっ before 千(せん), so the reading is はっせん, never はちせん.

八千(はっせん)円(えん)です。

That will be eight thousand yen.

This mountain is not in the eight-thousand-meter class.

Last year's attendance exceeded eight thousand, the highest on record.

One of the three irregular thousands. The はち → はっ shortening also appears in 八百(はっぴゃく) (800) and 八本(はっぽん) (eight long objects).

八千(はっせん)円(えん): eight thousand yen
八千(はっせん)人(にん): eight thousand people
八千(はっせん)メートル級(きゅう): of the eight-thousand-meter class, said of the world's highest peaks

general

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