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JLPT N5 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #13

Meanings

three

Radicals

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)
mi

Standalone, with つ or っ suffix

みっ mi

Words Using This Kanji

829 words total
Other (20 words)
長三度 ちょうさんど

major third

短三度 たんさんど

minor third

昼三 ちゅうさん

highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hōreki era onward)

三の丸 さんのまる

outermost region of the castle

三族の罪 さんぞくのつみ

crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished

三族 さんぞく

three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)

三月尽 さんがつじん

last day of March

三具足 みつぐそく

three implements for worship (incense burner, flower vase and candle-stand)

三懸 さんがい

headstall, martingale, and crupper

浄土三部経 じょうどさんぶきょう

three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism

三部経 さんぶきょう

three main sutras (of a school of Buddhism)

三輪神道 みわしんとう

Miwa Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto developed in the Muromachi Period)

三角貝 さんかくがい

trigoniid (any clam of family Trigoniidae)

三盆白 さんぼんじろ

traditional high-grade white sugar

三盆 さんぼん

traditional high-grade white sugar

三温糖 さんおんとう

dark sweet liquid produced after the third heating in a thermal sugar-refining process

三角草 みすみそう

hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica)

三遷 さんせん

thrice moving from house to house

三遷の教え さんせんのおしえ

the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

孟母三遷の教え もうぼさんせんのおしえ

the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning