Korean word

천

Pronunciation

Romanizationcheon

Meaning

  • numeralthousand

Example

이 가방은 천 원이에요.i ka bang eun cheon wo ni e yo

This bag costs one thousand won.

Illustration for 천 (thousand)

More examples

콘서트에 천 명이 왔어요.kon seo teu e cheon myeong i wa sseo yo

One thousand people came to the concert.

Core concept

A single group of one thousand used to count money or other quantities.

Common phrases

  • 천 원cheon won

    one thousand won

  • 천 명cheon myeong

    one thousand people

  • 천 개cheon kae

    one thousand items

Similar words

만man: The number 10,000 used as a unit for prices and quantities.
백paek: The number 100 formed from ten groups of ten.
십sip: The number 10 used as a basic unit for counting or measuring.
일il: The number 1 used as the smallest counting unit.

Definition in Korean

수사로서 천이 가리키는 양을 뜻하는 한자어로, 금액이나 수량을 셀 때 쓰인다.su sa ro seo cheo ni ka ri ki neun yang eul tteu ta neun han ja eo ro keu mae gi na su ryang eul sel ttae sseu in da

Word origin

천 (cheon, "thousand") is the Sino-Korean form of the Chinese numeral for one thousand, adopted as part of Korean's traditional Chinese-based number system.

Usage tips

  • In Korean, prices and quantities often use 천 (cheon, "thousand") as a unit, and 20,000 is built from two ten-thousand units rather than twenty thousand units.

Other meanings

  • clothnoun

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