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
- —三角形集合triangle set
- —三十六字母36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)
- —第三度熱傷third degree burn
- —浄土三部経three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism
- —三遷の教えthe importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
- —日本三名山Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)
- —日本三霊山Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)
- —飛行の三鈷three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddhism
- —三陸沖地震Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake
- —三度の食事daily meals; three regular meals a day
- —第三者割当private allocation (of new shares); third-party allocation
- —三十三回忌32nd anniversary of death
- —三三七拍子three-three-seven rhythmic clapping pattern; 3-3-7 beat
- —三等航海士third mate; third officer
- —等角三角形equiangular triangle; equilateral triangle; regular triangle
- —日本三大茶three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)
- —上三角行列upper triangular matrix
- —下三角行列lower triangular matrix
- —三枚おろしfilleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
- —阿弥陀三尊Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta