三
三 — three
- JLPT
- JLPT N5
- Strokes
- 3
- Taught in
- School year 1
- Frequency
- #14 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
-
- さん san
- ぞう zou
- さん san
- Kun'yomi
-
- み mi
- み.つ mi.tsu
- みっ.つ mi.tsu
- み mi
Example words
- 三日 mikka third day
Words that use 三
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.