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
- —三面three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)
- —三門large triple gate to temple
- —三論Sanron sect (of Buddhism)
- —二三two or three
- —三位third place; third rank; third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
- —三猿three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
- —三業the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.
- —三組set of three; three sets; three classes
- —三宝the Three Jewels; the Triple Gem; Triratna; the Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns
- —三景three famous beauty spots
- —三弦shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou); three strings; three-stringed instrument
- —三嘆deep admiration; repeatedly lamenting
- —第三third
- —七三seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
- —両三two or three
- —三下petty underling; small fry
- —三連three-stranded
- —三蔵three branches of Buddhist sutras
- —三軸triaxial
- —三賞three special awards for wrestlers at the end of a tournament