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KanjiN5Grade 1 · 小13 strokesRadical 一#14 in newspapers

三 · three

三 is a kanji meaning three. It has 3 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • サンsan
  • ゾウzō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • みmi
  • みつmitsu
  • みっつmittsu

Practise the N5 kanji

In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 三 · 7 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 三
WordReadingMeaningLevel
三さんthreeN5
三日みっかthree days, third day of the monthN5
三つみっつthree thingsN5
再三さいさんagain and again, repeatedlyN2
三角さんかくtriangle, triangularN2
三日月みかづきcrescent moonN2
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More words that use 三
WordReadingMeaningLevel
三味線しゃみせんthree-stringed Japanese guitarN1

Example sentence

これを三つください。

これをみっつください

I'd like three of these.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #217647 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

123
3 strokes
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3