(きゅうせん)

きゅうせん
number
nine thousand; 9,000
numberquantity
1. nine thousand; 9,000
The number 9,000, formed as (きゅう) (nine) × (せん) (1,000). No sound change occurs, and きゅう is used rather than く.
九千(きゅうせん)(えん)()った
I bought it for nine thousand yen.
The number of participants exceeded nine thousand.
This dictionary contains more than nine thousand headwords.

Formed as (きゅう) × (せん). くせん is not used; きゅう is the standard reading before (せん).

Sound changes in the thousands

Common expressions

  • 九千(きゅうせん)(えん): nine thousand yen
  • 九千(きゅうせん)(にん): nine thousand people
  • 九千(きゅうせん)(えん)(だい): in the nine-thousand-yen range