三 – three

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The kanji 三 means three. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サン、ゾウ (san, zou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is み、み.つ、みっ.つ (mi, mitsu, mittsu). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 一 (no. 1).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サン	san
On’yomi	ゾウ	zou
Kun’yomi	み	mi
Kun’yomi	み.つ	mitsu
Kun’yomi	みっ.つ	mittsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 一 (Kangxi radical 1). Components: 一・二.

Words using 三

三さんthree三日みっか3rd day of the month三つみっつthree再三さいさんagain and again三角さんかくtriangle三日月みかづきcrescent moon三味線しゃみせんshamisen

Example sentences

彼は手荷物が三個あった。

He had three pieces of baggage.

Tatoeba #104473

彼は私に、再三電話をかけてきた。

He telephoned me again and again.

Tatoeba #106241

彼女は三味線による新しいジャズの演奏法を始めた。

She originated a new way of playing jazz on the shamisen.

Tatoeba #89842

Kanji with the same radical

一上下不七世両与万並丁丈丘且

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