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 times a day (of meals)
three times a day (of meals)
to look daggers at someone
Three Mountains of Yamato (Mt. Miminashi, Mt. Kagu, and Mt. Unebi)
three kinds of awareness
Reuleaux triangle
medium-sized earthenware sake cup
common bean
independent committee
the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
head and shoulders (chartist pattern)
Buddha triad
pars triangularis
three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
Brazilian three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus)
tribasic acid
three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization o...
set of three
Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011)