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 totalthree famous beauty spots
deep admiration
(river) delta
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
third cockcrowing
in groups of twos and threes
in groups of twos and threes
shamisen
triple jump
dirt cheap
bridge of shamisen
third
three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
triceps
third degree of kinship
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
third
three persons
again and again