Kanji
三
kanji character
three
三 kanji-三 three
三
Meaning
three
Readings
Kun'yomi
- み かづき crescent moon
- み つおり threefold
- み け calico (pattern)
- みつ また three-pronged
- みつ ば mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica)
- みつ びし Mitsubishi
- みっつ
On'yomi
- さん three
- さん じゅう thirty
- さん かく triangle
- ぞう
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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三 時 afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock), afternoon tea -
御 三 時 afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock), afternoon tea -
三 鞭 酒 champagne -
球 面 三 角 法 spherical trigonometry -
胸 三 寸 heart, mind, feelings -
元 三 New Year's period (January 1 to 3) -
五 十 三 次 fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan) -
向 こう三 軒 one's next three neighbors, one's next three neighbours -
降 三 世 明 王 Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja, conqueror of the three worlds -
再 三 again and again, repeatedly -
再 三 再 四 repeatedly -
三 つthree, three years of age -
三 つ角 three corners -
三 つ子 three-year-old, triplets -
三 つ児 three-year-old, triplets -
三 つ身 toddler clothes (by children after age 3, before age 5), baby clothes -
三 つ折 りthreefold, folded in three -
三 つ折 threefold, folded in three -
三 つ組 set of three -
三 つ揃 いthree-piece suit -
三 つぞろいthree-piece suit -
三 つ巴 (emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle, three-way fight, three-sided struggle -
三 つどもえ(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle, three-way fight, three-sided struggle -
三 つ半 three-stroke alarm -
三 つ又 three-pronged, three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection)... -
三 つ叉 three-pronged, three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection)... -
三 つまたthree-pronged, three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection)... -
三 つ股 three-pronged, three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection)... -
三 叉 three-pronged, three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection)... -
三 又 three-pronged, three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection)...