What Does Sen Mean in Spirited Away?

The movie is called “Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi” (千と千尋の神隠し). Sen means a thousand, but the pronunciation of the character can change to “chi” as it does in the name Chihiro. The “hiro” in Chihiro means to ask questions. Kamikakushi means spirited away with kami meaning spirit or god and kakushi meaning hidden.

Is Chihiro a boy Spirited Away?

Chihiro/Sen

A gangly, ten-year-old human girl, heroine of the movie. At first Chihiro is sullen, whiny, and afraid, with an annoying voice and sulky face. After her name is changed to Sen, she becomes brave and self-sufficient enough to free herself and her parents from the spirit world.

The letter also says the reason Chihiro knew none of the pigs at the end of the film were her parents was not because she had “obtained special abilities” in the spirit world. After all the things she’s experienced up to that point, Chihiro simply knows that her parents aren’t there.

How old is Chihiro?

Chihiro (荻野 千尋 , Ogino Chihiro), referred throughout most of the film by Sen (千 lit. “one-thousand”), is the ten-year-old core protagonist of the Japanese animated film Spirited Away.

Haku is a 12 year old boy (though it is likely he is much older do to his true identity) whom is controlled by an old witch named Yubaba, but his soon-to-be acquaintance Chihiro (“A.k.a. “Sen” name given to her by Yubaba) will free him from that control.