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
- —盗人にも三分の理the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons; give the devil his due
- —直角二等辺三角形isosceles right triangle
- —ルーローの三角形Reuleaux triangle
- —第三者異議の訴えthird-party action against execution
- —三次元プリンター3D printer
- —一富士二鷹三茄子best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)
- —一眼二足三胆四力firstly vision, secondly footwork, thirdly courage, fourthly technique (the most important aspects of kendo)
- —女は三界に家なしa woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)
- —三育学院短期大学San'ikugakuin Junior College
- —女三人寄れば姦しいthree women make a market; many women, many words; three women gathering creates a racket
- —目を三角にして怒るto be really angry
- —アデノシン三リン酸adenosine triphosphate; ATP
- —グアノシン三リン酸guanosine triphosphate; GTP
- —日独伊三国軍事同盟Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)
- —三度の食事より好きvery fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day
- —新三種混合ワクチンMMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)
- —防衛装備移転三原則three principles on transfer of defense equipment and technology
- —三人寄れば文殊の知恵three heads are better than two; three ordinary people together have great wisdom; if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri
- —一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻(the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife
- —一都一道二府四十三県one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan