せん

Also written 千, ち, 阡, 仟

Meanings

1. Number thousand; 1,000 (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)

Example sentences

• 処方せんを出しておきますね。
  I'll give you a prescription.

Words containing せん

• 二重らせん (にじゅうらせん) double helix (structure of DNA)
• だいせん slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)
• ほくせん North Korea

And 9 more.

Word lists

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