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 totalthe big three ...
World War III
the early bird catches the worm
the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext
what happens twice will happen thrice
triple bond
chicken, goose and pheasant
simultaneous contemplation of the threefold truth (form of Tendai meditation)
Sanchō Sect (of the Fuji School of Nichiren Buddhism; 1661-1673)
the thirty guardian deities (one for each day of the lunar month)
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
side parting
ancient triangular-rimmed mirror decorated with gods and animals
third string (of a shamisen, etc.)
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
March Revolution (Austria and Germany, 1848)
Three Principles on arms exports
three-cornered hat
wicket (e.g. in cricket)
the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)