Similar to 一 and 二, this kanji means three and represents three fingers.
Vocabulary
| Vocabulary | Reading | Meaning | |
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| ⭐ | 三 | さん | three |
| ⭐ | 三つ | みっつ | three things |
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これを三つください。 I'd like three of these.🔗 その机には引き出しが三つある。 The desk has three drawers.🔗 |
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| 七五三 | しちごさん | the Shichi-Go-San festival | |
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今年は娘の七五三だ。 Our daughter will be in the Shichi-Go-San festival this year.🔗 |
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| 三日 | みっか | third day of the month; three days | |
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彼は三日前に出発した。 He left three days ago.🔗 |
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| 三十日 | さんじゅうにち | thirtieth day of the month; thirty days | |
| 三月 | さんがつ | March | |
| 三日月 | みかづき | new moon; crescent moon | |
| 三人 | さんにん | three people | |
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三人とも、すごくラッキーだね。 You three are very lucky.🔗 |
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| 三分 | さんぷん | three minutes | |
| 三つ角 | みつかど | three corners; three-way intersection | |
| 三角 | さんかく | triangle | |
| 三流 | さんりゅう | third-rate, third-class | |
| 再三 | さいさん | repeatedly | |
| 三つ指 | みつゆび | bowing with three fingers of each hand on floor | |
| 三拝九拝 | さんぱいきゅうはい | bowing repeatedly | |