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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: sen, chi
In Japan it appears in about 2,075 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 千: Vincent 敏千音 · Christen 久里千 · Vincenzo 敏千蘇 · Celestine 知英礼寿千新 · Francesca 風嵐千永寿佳 · Francesco 歩藍千永寿心 · Geraldine 慈英良瑠千 · Hildegard 日瑠千画道 · Millicent 実里千音 · Florentino 文路蓮千野 · Hildegarde 日瑠千画道 · Destiny 知澄千新 and 258 more
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