三 — kanji meaning “three”
三
three
- Meanings
- three
- On'yomi
- サン (san)、ゾウ (zou)
- Kun'yomi
- み、み.つ、みっ.つ
- Name readings
- か、さ、さい、さえ、さぶ、ざ
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #14 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 1
- Chinese reading
- sān — Chinese character page
Words with 三
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三つ | みっつ mittsu | three |
| 三角 | さんかく sankaku | triangle; triangular shape |
| 第三者 | だいさんしゃ daisansha | third party; third person; outsider |
| 再三 | さいさん saisan | again and again; repeatedly |
| 三角形 | さんかくけい sankakukei | triangle |
| 三振 | さんしん sanshin | strikeout |
| 三日月 | みかづき mikazuki | crescent moon; young moon |
| 三塁 | さんるい sanrui | third base |
| 三流 | さんりゅう sanryuu | third-rate; third-class |
| 三男 | さんなん sannan | three sons |
| 三味線 | しゃみせん shamisen | shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute |
| 三種 | さんしゅ sanshu | three kinds; three varieties |
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