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三

Three
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingサン
Kun readingみ、み.つ、みっ.つ
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1Level 1

Meanings

  1. threeRtK
    三つthree thingstatoeba
    三人three peopletatoeba
  1. 3

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (さん)
酸 · acid賛 · praise

Popular Usage

三日三つ再三三角

Radicals and components

Radical一one
How it's built
三
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Compound words

三つみっつ
three; three years of age
再三さいさん
again and again; repeatedly
三角さんかく
triangle; triangular shape
一汁三菜いちじゅうさんさい
meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)
三月さんがつ
March; third month of the lunar calendar
三千さんぜん
3000; three thousand; many
三百さんびゃく
300
三時半さんじはん
3:30
三色菫さんしきスミレ
pansy (Viola tricolor var. hortensis)
三回さんかい
three times
三権さんけん
the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
三時さんじ
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
三女さんじょ
third daughter
三省さんせい
frequent reflection; frequent meditation
三振さんしん
strikeout
三人さんにん
three people
三選さんせん
third-term election
三男さんなん
three sons; third son
三本さんぼん
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
三枚さんまい
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
三役さんやく
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
三流さんりゅう
third-rate; third-class
三輪さんりん
three wheels
三塁さんるい
third base

On Reading Examples

彼はいいとこ三位だろう。さんい
At best he may take third place.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は私より三つ年下です。みっつ
He is younger than me by three years.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は二言三言述べると行ってしまった。
He said two or three words and left.tatoeba
彼は頭をのせるため二三のクッションを持ってきた。
He fetched a few cushions to prop up her head.tatoeba
彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。
He was given ten years and his wife three.tatoeba
彼は水をコップで三杯も飲んだ。
He drank three glasses of water.tatoeba
第三日目の工程。
This is the day three process.wiki
2月　二月三日の節分
February: Setsubun (Bean-Throwing Festival) on February 3wiki
家紋は右三つ巴。
Its kamon (family crest) was migi mitsudomoe (clockwise three comma-shaped figures in a circle).wiki
家紋は左三つ巴。
Family crest is Hidari Mitsudomoewiki
三角縁獣文帯三神三獣鏡
Triangular-rimmed mirror with three deities and three animals encircled by a band of animal patternswiki
- 高さが低い三角柱。
Low-height triangle polewiki

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Three. Three horizontal strokes — three counting sticks. The middle one is shortest.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 三

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step