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 totalestuary
three shrines (usu. in ref. to Ise Grand Shrine, Iwashimizu Hachimangū and Kamo Shrine, or Kasuga Grand Shrine)
third force (e.g. in politics)
uta-sanshin (variety of Okinawan folk music)
Three Peaks of Mount Haku (Gozengamine, Kengamine, Oonanjimine)
starting with only a king on the board and three pawns in hand (as a handicap when teaching a beginner)
striking out three consecutive batters
striking out three consecutive batters
one's nearest neighbors
three concentric circles
stealing third base
League of the Three Emperors (1873-1887)
the three great desires (sleep, food and sex)
visiting three shrines in the beginning of the year
dead of the night
three-player mahjong
empty triangle
trinerbate venation (of a leaf)
ternate compound leaf
trigrade conjugation (of the classical verbs "su" and "ku")