三
three

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サンゾウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

みみ.つみっ.つ

Nanori (名乗り)

かささいさえさぶざざえざぶそうぞただみつみんもや

Stroke Order

3 / 3

Information

Grade:1
Strokes:3
JLPT:5
Frequency:14

Vocabulary

サン

WordReadingMeaning
再三サイサンagain and again; repeatedly
三角サンカクtriangle; triangular shape
三月サンガツMarch; third month of the lunar calendar
三権サンケンthe three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
三時サンジ3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

ゾウ

WordReadingMeaning
四三シゾウone four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)

Other

WordReadingMeaning
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)
三つみっつthree; three years of age
三つみつthree; three years of age
三人みたりthree people
三千さんぜん3000; three thousand; many

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

王
king, magnate, rule
Grade 1JLPT 3
士
gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33), scholar
Grade 5JLPT 1
干
dry, ebb, intercede, interfere, parch, recede
Grade 6JLPT 2
二
two, two radical (no. 7)
Grade 1JLPT 5
与
award, bestow, cause, gift, give, godsend, impart, participate in, provide
Grade 8JLPT 3
工
construction, craft, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Grade 2JLPT 4
土
Turkey, earth, ground, soil
Grade 1JLPT 5
左
left
Grade 1JLPT 5
玉
ball, jewel
Grade 1JLPT 2
圧
dominate, oppress, overwhelm, pressure, push
Grade 5JLPT 2