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
- —三辺測量trilateration
- —十三回忌12th anniversary of one's death
- —十三階段gallows
- —熊野三社three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
- —熊野三山three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
- —減三和音diminished chord; diminished triad
- —長三和音major chord; major triad
- —増三和音augmented chord; augmented triad
- —薬師三尊Bhaishajyaguru triad; image of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha
- —三方よしeverybody doing well (e.g. purchaser, buyer and society); three-way satisfaction; all three parties doing well
- —三国協商Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia)
- —三幕構成three-act structure (in screenwriting: setup, confrontation, resolution)
- —損者三友three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones
- —三等重役third-rate company director; executive in name only
- —三連音符triplet
- —三等兵曹petty officer third class (USN)
- —歳寒三友the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)
- —一石三鳥killing three birds with one stone
- —第三の性third gender; third sex
- —お三どんkitchen maid; kitchen duties; cooking