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 kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones
MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)
third-rate company director
3D printer
baseball played without a second base (children's game)
triplet
three great nobles of the Restoration
three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration)
Spring Triangle (asterism)
Winter Triangle (asterism)
Summer Triangle (asterism)
15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months
piano trio
even small mistakes can be costly
petty officer third class (USN)
the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)
killing three birds with one stone
kitchen maid
third gender