Moto 三: ThreeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サン、ゾウ
- Kun'yomi
- み、み(つ)、みっ(つ)
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 967 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サン・ゾウ)
- 三さんthree
- 三人さんにんthree people
- 三十さんじゅうthirty; 30
- 三月さんがつMarch
- 十三じゅうさんthirteen; 13
- 三千さんぜん3000; three thousand
- 三百さんびゃく300; three hundred
- 三塁さんるいthird base
- 三役さんやくthree highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.)
- 三時さんじ3 o'clock
- 三十八度線さんじゅうはちどせんthe 38th Parallel
- 三振さんしんstrikeout; strike out
- 再三さいさんagain and again; repeatedly
- 第三者だいさんしゃthird party; third person
- 五十三次ごじゅうさんつぎfifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
- 三塁打さんるいだthree-base hit; triple
- 三者さんしゃthree persons; three parties
- 三本さんぼんthree (long cylindrical things)
- 三男さんなんthree sons
- 奪三振だつさんしんstriking a batter out
- 三度さんどthree times; thrice
- 三角さんかくtriangle; triangular shape
- 三部さんぶthree parts; three copies
- 第三国だいさんごくa third country
- 三選さんせんthird-term election
- 三次さんじthird
- 二人三脚ににんさんきゃくthree-legged race
- 三代さんだいthree generations; three periods
- 三枚さんまいthree flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
- 三省さんせいfrequent reflection (meditation)
- 三権さんけんthe three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
- 三女さんじょthird daughter
- 三種さんしゅthree kinds; three varieties
- 三角形さんかくけいtriangle
- 三塁手さんるいしゅthird baseman
- 三部作さんぶさくtrilogy
- 三方さんぼうthree sides
- 三輪さんりんthree wheels
- 三冠馬さんかんばwinner of Japan's three main horse races
- 七三しちさん7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
- 七五三しちごさんfestival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3
- 三が日さんがにちfirst three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
- 三佐さんさmajor (JGSDF)
- 三体さんたいthe three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
- 三冠王さんかんおうwinner of triple crown
- 三十一日さんじゅういちにちthirty-first day of the month
- 三回さんかいthree times
- 三回忌さんかいきsecond anniversary of a death
- 三宝さんぼうthe Three Jewels; the Triple Gem
- 三尺さんじゃく3 Japanese feet; waistband
- 三年さんねんthree years
- 三弦さんげんshamisen; samisen
- 三拍子さんびょうしtriple time
- 三文さんもんpaltry amount of money; cheapness
Words that use a kun'yomi
Other readings
- 三十日みそかlast day of the month
- 三味線しゃみせんshamisen; samisen
- 三々五々さんさんごごin groups of twos and threes; in small groups
- 三位一体さんみいったいthe Trinity
Showing the 60 most common of 967 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 三
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