Kanji1 / 3
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
- —三部合奏instrumental trio
- —三文小説dime novel
- —三文文士hack writer; pulp-writer; penny-a-liner; scribbler
- —三本締めthreefold repetition of the "ipponjime" 3-3-3-1 hand-clapping pattern to celebrate a conclusion or completion
- —三面記事human-interest article; city news; local news; police news
- —三面六臂rush of business; versatility; man who can do the work of many
- —七分三分seven to three (chances)
- —第三部長assistant chief of staff, g3
- —朝三暮四being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another
- —二度三度again and again; repeatedly
- —武漢三鎮the three Wuhan Cities
- —無二無三in earnest; single-minded; with intense concentration; rushing headlong into; one and only; unique
- —逆三角形inverted triangle
- —正三角形equilateral triangle; regular triangle
- —三々九度three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
- —三三五五in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (in groups of) threes and fives
- —三段跳びtriple jump; hop, step and jump
- —二束三文dirt cheap; very cheap
- —三脚椅子three-legged stool
- —読書三昧being absorbed in reading