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JLPT N5 · Numbers & money

千

せん

thousand

Stroke order of 千

千 is written with 3 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A slash on top of ten (十), like a stamp that multiplies ten into a thousand.

Parts: ノ slash + 十 ten

Example sentence

このかさは千円です。

このかさはせんえんです。

This umbrella is one thousand yen.

Words with 千

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