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三

JLPT N5 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #13

Meanings

three

Radicals

一

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)

み mi

Standalone, with つ or っ suffix

みっ mi

Words Using This Kanji

829 words total

Other (16 words)

直木三十五賞なおきさんじゅうごしょう

Naoki Prize (literary award)

三井財閥みついざいばつ

Mitsui Zaibatsu

和漢三才図会わかんさんさいずえ

Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia (1712)

三国志演義さんごくしえんぎ

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (14th century novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong)

三歌斎経さんかさいけい

Triodion

三育学院大学さんいくがくいんだいがく

Saniku Gakuin College

三重県立看護大学みえけんりつかんごだいがく

Mie Prefectural College Of Nursing

ルパン三世ルパンさんせい

Lupin III (manga, anime, character by Monkey Punch)

三重県警みえけんけい

Mie Prefectural Police (abbr)

三田図書館みたとしょかん

Mita Library

三田国際みたこくさい

Mita International School (abbr)

三省堂国語辞典さんせいどうこくごじてん

Sanseido Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)

三国史記さんごくしき

Samguk Sagi (historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea)

第三の男だいさんのおとこ

The Third Man (1949 film)

三匹のこぶたさんぴきのこぶた

The Three Little Pigs (fable)

第一三共だいいちさんきょう

Daiichi Sankyo (pharmaceutical company)

み (4 words)

three-year-old

crescent moon

almost every day

three months

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