How to say 'Eight thousand' in Japanese | 八千

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The Japanese word for Eight thousand is 'Hassen', written as 八千 in Japanese.'Eight thousand' in hiragana is はっせん.

word

八千

Meaning

Eight thousand

Reading

はっせん

hassen

Kanji

八Eight 千Thousand

Explanation

The Japanese noun '八千 (はっせん)' literally means 'eight thousand'. It is a numerical term used to denote the quantity 8,000. This word is often used in contexts involving counting, measurements, or large quantities. For example: there are eight thousand people in the stadium「スタジアムには八千人がいる」(スタジアムにははっせんにんがいる). The price of the car is eight thousand dollars「その車の値段は八千ドルです」(そのくるまのねだんははっせんドルです). Note that '八千' is a specific number and is not used metaphorically or abstractly.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

3689

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 八千

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

八

Meaning

Eight

kanji

千

Meaning

Thousand

Words Related to 八千 Through the Kanji 八

These 6 Words contain the Kanji 八 as well.

word

八

Meaning

Eight

word

八日

Meaning

Eight days, Eighth

word

八つ

Meaning

Eight

word

八十

Meaning

Eighty

word

八百

Meaning

Eight hundred

word

八百屋

Meaning

Greengrocer

Words Related to 八千 Through the Kanji 千

These 9 Words contain the Kanji 千 as well.

word

千

Meaning

Thousand

word

二千

Meaning

Two thousand

word

三千

Meaning

3000

word

五千

Meaning

Five thousand

word

四千

Meaning

Four thousand

word

六千

Meaning

Six thousand

word

七千

Meaning

Seven thousand

word

何千

Meaning

Thousands

word

九千

Meaning

Nine thousand

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