Kanji

Level: N5 Strokes: 3

三

Meaning in English

three, trois, tres

Readings

Onyomi: サン, ゾウ Kunyomi: み, み.つ, みっ.つ Romaji: san, zou / mi, mi.tsu, mitsu.tsu

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

三

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese três, trois, tres

Spanish tres, trois, tres

Korean 3, 3을, 삼, 셋

French trois, trois, trois

Italian tre, trois, tres

German drei, trois, tres

Indonesian tiga, trois, tres

★ Vietnamese ba, trois, tres

Thai สาม, ทรัวส์, เทรส

Kanji

Related kanji

N5 一 ichi, itsu / hito-, hito.tsu one, one radical (no.1), un N4 世 sei, se, sou / yo generation, world, society N1 丘 kyuu / oka hill, knoll, colline N1 且 sho, so, shou / ka.tsu moreover, also, furthermore N1 丙 hei / hinoe third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign N3 両 ryou / teru, futatsu both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train) N1 丞 jou, shou / suku.u, tasu.keru help, secours, ayudar N2 並 hei, hou / na.mi, nami, nara.beru, nara.bu, nara.bini row, and, besides

Word

Words with this kanji

N5 三時 sanji three o’clock N5 三時間 sanjikan three hours N5 三十分 sanjuppun thirty minutes N5 週に三回 shuu ni sankai three times a week N5 三番目 sanbanme third N5 三日 mikka three days N5 三 san three N5 三つ mittsu three things, three items

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N3 彼は一度も休むことなく三時間働き続けた Kare wa ichido mo yasumu koto naku sanjikan hataraki tsuzuketa He worked three hours without resting once N4 彼は三時間勉強し続けました Kare wa sanjikan benkyou shi tsuzukemashita He continued studying for three hours N5 教室に三人います。 Kyoushitsu ni sannin imasu. There are three people in the classroom. N5 紙が三枚あります。 Kami ga sanmai arimasu. There are three sheets of paper. N5 今は三時です。 Ima wa sanji desu. It is three o’clock now. N5 家族は三人います。 Kazoku wa sannin imasu. There are three people in the family. N5 昨日三時間勉強しました。 Kinou sanjikan benkyou shimashita. Yesterday I studied for three hours. N5 私は三十分ぐらい勉強しました。 Watashi wa sanjuppun gurai benkyou shimashita. I studied about 30 minutes. N5 私は三日勉強しました。 Watashi wa mikka benkyou shimashita. I studied for three days.