Meanings

three

Radicals

一二

Decomposition

⿱一二

Etymology

Ideographic: Three parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 二 (two)

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 3

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サン san

Used in compound words

ゾウ zou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

み mi

Standalone, with つ or っ suffix

みっ mi

Words Using This Kanji

829 words total

サン (1 words)

三さん

three

み (12 words)

three (things)

three months

cholera

three-year-old

rubella

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みっ (1 words)

三日みっか

3rd day of the month

Other (815 words)

三々さんさん

3-3 point

三セクさんセク

joint venture of government and business

三べんさんべん

three times

三コウさんこう

triple ko

三すくみさんすくみ

three-way deadlock

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