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
- —三店方式three shop system; system employed by pachinko parlours of using separate shops to exchange prizes for cash as a way of circumventing gambling laws
- —三斜晶系triclinic crystal system
- —三色パンsweet bread with three different fillings
- —三角カンtriangular tin; triangular can
- —一汁三菜meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)
- —三大義務The Three Major Duties (education, work and payment of taxes)
- —三浦の乱Disturbance of the Three Ports (riots in Korea in 1510); Sampo Waeran
- —第三の道Third Way (in politics)
- —三厭五葷meat and the five pungent roots (avoided in Buddhist cuisine)
- —三国無双unparalleled in Japan, China and India
- —三反主義anti-communism, anti-capitalism, anti-fascism (policy of the Socialist Masses Party)
- —三等海佐lieutenant-commander (JMSDF)
- —三等空曹staff sergeant (JASDF)
- —三等陸佐major (JGSDF)
- —三等陸尉second lieutenant (JGSDF)
- —三等陸曹sergeant (JGSDF); sergeant second class
- —三色団子tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
- —一行三昧complete concentration on one subject (usu. prayer); one-practice absorption
- —三不政策Three Noes (former Taiwan policy of no contact, no negotiation and no compromise with China)
- —三角バラchuck short ribs; chuck steak