Basic Language | Qian

	Pinyin	qiān (first tone)
	English	1,000; one thousand
	Rather like 'chyenn' as 'kitchen'

The character is probably derived from the combination of ten and person indicating 'ten lifetimes'. It would seem that the ancient Chinese were extremely long-lived.

èr	qiān	sān	bǎi	sì	shí

two	thousand	three	hundreds	four	tens	= 2340