Meanings
three
Radicals
Decomposition
⿱一二
Etymology
Ideographic: Three parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 二 (two)
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Used in compound words
Standalone, with つ or っ suffix
Words Using This Kanji
829 words totalisosceles triangle
the three Wuhan Cities
even the patience of a saint eventually runs out
planar trigonometry
to be really angry
to look daggers at someone
two or three days
six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)
humming a samisen tune
inverted triangle
triangle
the Three Jewels
equilateral triangle
the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.
three sides
shamisen
three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
set of three
third place
again and again