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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.
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| two | thousand | three | hundreds | four | tens | = 2340 |