千 thousand

十 (ten) + 一 (one/line radical)
★★★★★
3 strokes
PNCOUNTER

Onyomi

SEN

as in, "SEND me a thousand yen. "

Mnemonic

'thousand' (千) and 'dry out'(干) look the same . ..except the top of thousand is tilted, but the top of dry out is FLAT. So you can recite this fresh rhyme to jog your memory:  

'I wear a THOUSAND tilty HATS,

but I got to dry them out on a surface that is FLAT. '

Jukugo

千円札(せんえんさつ)

1,000 yen bill ★★★☆☆ COUNTER
千 (thousand) + 円 (yen/circle) + 札 (card / label / bill) = 千円札 (1,000 yen bill)

any money in paper form is a 'satsu' - a ten dollar bill is a $10 satsu, etc.

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
千 thousand TILTY
干 dry out FLAT

'thousand' and 'dry out' look the same . ..except the top of thousand is tilted. So you can recite this fresh rhyme to jog your memory:

'I wear a thousand TILTY hats,

but I got to dry them out on a surface that is FLAT. '

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