千 thousand

3 strokes

PN, COUNTER

十 (ten) + 一 (one/line radical)

ONYOMI: SEN

as in, "SEND me a thousand yen. "

'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. '

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JUKUGO:

千円札 ( せんえんさつ ): any money in paper form is a 'satsu' - a ten dollar bill is a $10 satsu, etc. (COUNTER)
千 (thousand) + 円 (yen/circle) + 札 (card / label / bill) = 千円札 (1,000 yen bill)

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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