Radical 十

3 strokes

beret (89a) + ten 十 (4) = thousand 千

This is also used in a general sense to mean “numerous”.

This is another “Do It Yourself ” (DIY) pronunciation. there are something like fifty DIY pronunciations scattered through the book.

If you do want to construct a pronunciation part of this story for yourself then you will need a soundword for “chen”. If it helps, the nearest we can find is “Chennai” (the city in India which used to be called Madras). If you have two giants from Chennai, make sure to give them some distinctive clothes or some other memorable features!

[三千 (3) sānqiān three thousand]

(Picture a war-grave cemetery at the site of a commando landing) — rows and rows of crosses with a regimental beret on each one — a thousand in neat rows. / [DIY pronunciation]

This is our name for the gently slanting stroke found at the top of some characters, such as the next one. the stroke is drawn from right to left.