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Kanji for Thousand
The kanji for “thousand” is 千, read sen and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
thousand
A thousand; countless and long-lasting.
3 strokes On reading セン (sen) Kun reading ち (chi) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: thousand
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kazu, sen, chi, yuki
In Japan it appears in about 2,075 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 千: Cut 千登 · Chai 千羽衣 · Chee 千平栄 · Chip 千風 · Chua 千風愛 · Cheng 千平空 · Chika 千夏 · Ching 千久 · Chito 千斗 · Chong 千穂久 · Dicky 路千輝 · Kjell 千瑛瑠 and 66 more
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