三 – kanji for “three”
- Meaning
- three
- On'yomi
- サンsan
- Kun'yomi
- みmi
- Level
- JLPT N5 #3 of 100
Words with 三
Grouped by how 三 is read. The highlighted kana is its reading.
On'yomiサンsan
- 三時 さんじsanji 3 o'clock
- 三人 さんにんsannin three people
- 三度 さんどsando three times
- 三月 さんがつsangatsu March
- 三十分 さんじゅっぷんsanjuppun 30 minutes
- 三時間 さんじかんsanjikan 3 hours
Kun'yomiみmi
- 三日 みっかmikka 3rd day
- 三日間 みっかかんmikkakan three days
Example sentences
- 三時半です Sanji han desu It's 3:30
- 午後三時です Gogo sanji desu It's 3 PM
- 三十分かかります Sanjuppun kakarimasu It takes 30 minutes
- 学生が三人います Gakusei ga sannin imasu There are three students
- 今日は三月三日です Kyou wa sangatsu mikka desu Today is March 3rd
- お釣りは三百円です Otsuri wa sanbyaku en desu Your change is 300 yen
- 三日間勉強しました Mikkakan benkyou shimashita I studied for three days
- 三時間テレビを見ました Sanjikan terebi wo mimashita I watched TV for 3 hours
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Related kanji
They also appear in the words above.
時time, hourジ・とき人personジン・ニン・ひと日day, sunニチ・ひ・び月month, moonゲツ・ガツ・つき十tenジュウ・とお分minute, understandフン・プン・わ間between, intervalカン・あいだ
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