# 千 thousand

十 (ten) + 一 (one/line radical)
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3 strokes
PN COUNTER

## Onyomi

SEN | as in, "SEND me a thousand yen. "

## Mnemonic

| 'thousand' (千) and 'dry out'(干) look the same . ..except the top of thousand is tilted, but the top of dry out is FLAT. So you can recite this fresh rhyme to jog your memory: 'I wear a THOUSAND tilty HATS, but I got to dry them out on a surface that is FLAT. '

## Jukugo

千円札(せんえんさつ) | 1,000 yen bill ★★★☆☆ COUNTER 千 (thousand) + 円 (yen/circle) + 札 (card / label / bill) = 千円札 (1,000 yen bill) any money in paper form is a 'satsu' - a ten dollar bill is a $10 satsu, etc.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
千 | thousand | TILTY |
干 | dry out | FLAT |

'thousand' and 'dry out' look the same . ..except the top of thousand is tilted. So you can recite this fresh rhyme to jog your memory:

'I wear a thousand TILTY hats,

but I got to dry them out on a surface that is FLAT. '

## Used In

- 舌
- 挿