numeric
3000; three thousand
The number 3000. Used in counting, prices, years, and other numeric contexts.
このパソコンは三千ドルもした。
This computer cost as much as 3000 dollars.
三千年前の遺跡が発見された。
Ruins from 3000 years ago were discovered.
noun
many; a great number of
Only when written 三千
Figurative use meaning 'a large number' or 'countless'. Restricted to the kanji spelling 三千 and often used in literary or emphatic expressions.
三千の星が夜空に輝いていた。
Countless stars shone in the night sky.
Compound of 三 (san, 'three') and 千 (sen, 'thousand'), with the reading せん becoming ぜん due to rendaku (sequential voicing).