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三 kanji
three
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
サンゾウ
Kun readings
みみつみっつ
Variant forms
弎Words with 三
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —三者凡退out in 1-2-3 order
- —三十三所thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
- —三十六計the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)
- —三重結びmagnus hitch
- —三重焦点trifocal
- —三重宝冠(papal) triple tiara
- —三人殺しtriple murder
- —三寸の舌eloquent tongue
- —三千世界the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; the whole wide world
- —三相交流three-phase alternating current
- —三大都市the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)
- —三段構えtriple; three-way; threefold
- —三段論法syllogism
- —三等軍曹sergeant
- —三頭政治triumvirate
- —三拝九拝kowtowing; bowing repeatedly; three kneelings and nine prostrations; my deepest respects
- —三半規管semicircular canals (of the inner ear)
- —三百諸侯all daimyo
- —三百代言pettifogging lawyer; unscrupulous or unethical lawyer; shyster; casuist; sophist
- —三部合唱3 part chorus; vocal trio