• 千せん — thousand
• 千円せんえん — 1,000 yen
• 千人せんにん — a thousand people
• 千年せんねん — a thousand years
• 千羽鶴せんばづる — 1,000 paper cranes
• 千本桜せんぼんざくら — thousand cherry blossoms (song title or location name)

“千” combines the 十 (ten) radical and the phonetic element 𠂉 to signify "a large number" — specifically one thousand. It’s one of the core numeric kanji in Japanese, often seen in formal and poetic language, as well as everyday use.

千せんの言葉ことばより 一ひとつの 行動こうどう。
One action is worth more than a thousand words.

千羽鶴せんばづるを作つくって 平和へいわを 願ねがいました。
We made a thousand cranes to wish for peace.

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