千

Meaning

千 centers on the number one thousand. It is a simple numeral with no extended abstract meanings.

• 千せん
  N5

  thousand; 1,000

• 千葉ちば

  Chiba (city, prefecture)

• 千尋せんじん

  great depth; bottomless

• 千代ちよ

  thousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages; eternity

• 千里せんり

  1000 ri; (a) long distance

• 千秋せんしゅう

  thousand years; many years

• 千歳ちとせ

  thousand years; millennium; eternity

• 千鳥ちどり

  plover

• 千秋楽せんしゅうらく

  final day of a performance; closing date; final show

• 千早ちはや

  thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko

• 八千代やちよ

  very long period; forever

• 千草ちぐさ

  great variety of flowering plants

• 千切りせんぎり

  finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables

• 千里眼せんりがん

  clairvoyance; second sight

• 一攫千金いっかくせんきん

  getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

• 一騎当千いっきとうせん

  being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)

• 針千本はりせんぼん

  porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish

• 千手観音せんじゅかんのん

  thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon

• 千島ちしま

  Kurile Islands

• 千葉大学ちばだいがく

  Chiba University

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