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三 kanji
three
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
サンゾウ
Kun readings
みみつみっつ
Variant forms
弎Words with 三
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2再三Popularagain and again; repeatedly
- N2三角Populartriangle; triangular shape
- N1三Popularthree; 3
- —三回Popularthree times
- —三権Popularthe three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
- —三時Popular3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
- —三女Popularthird daughter
- —三省Popularfrequent reflection; frequent meditation
- —三振Popularstrikeout
- —三人Popularthree people
- —三選Popularthird-term election
- —三男Popularthree sons; third son
- —三本Popularthree (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
- —三枚Popularthree flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
- —三役Popularthree highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
- —三流Popularthird-rate; third-class
- —三輪Popularthree wheels
- —三塁Popularthird base
- —十三Popularthirteen; 13; king
- —三方Popularthree sides; small offering stand