(ろくせん)

ろくせん
number
six thousand; 6,000
numberquantity
1. six thousand; 6,000
The number 6,000, formed as (ろく) (six) × (せん) (1,000). No sound change occurs, unlike 六百(ろっぴゃく) (600).
六千(ろくせん)(えん)(はら)った
I paid six thousand yen.
Six thousand people live on this island.
Japan is said to have more than six thousand islands.

Formed as (ろく) × (せん). Note the contrast with the hundreds: 六百(ろっぴゃく) changes sound, but 六千(ろくせん) does not.

Sound changes in the thousands

Common expressions