- On
- さん;ぞう
- Kun
- み;み.つ;みっ.つ
- Stroke count
- 3
・three
Japanese dictionary
さん
three; 3
Example sentence
He had three pieces of baggage.
Kanji details
・three
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さんど
three times;thrice
みそか
last day of the month
さんじょ
third daughter
さんかく
triangle;triangular shape
さんかんば
winner of Japan's three main horse races
さんなん
three sons
みっつ
three
しゃみせん
shamisen;samisen
さんりん
three wheels
さんぶ
three parts;three copies
さんしん
strikeout;strike out;fanning out
さんぶさく
trilogy
さんしゅ
three kinds;three varieties
みかづき
crescent moon;young moon
さんせい
frequent reflection;frequent meditation
さんるいだ
three-base hit;triple
さんるいしゅ
third baseman
さんりゅう
third-rate;third-class
さんぼう
three sides
さんせん
third-term election
さんけん
the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
さんぼん
three (long cylindrical things)
さんまい
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
さんるい
third base
さんやく
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.)
さんだい
three generations;three periods
さんしゃ
three persons;three parties
さんかくけい
triangle
さんにん
three people
さんやく
three parts;three divisions
さんど
third (interval)
みっつ
three years of age
さんなん
third son
さんぼう
small offering stand
さんまい
cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
さんぼん
three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
さんだい
third generation
さんじ
third
さんじ
tertiary
さんじ
cubic (function, equation, etc.);third-order
さんびゃく
300;three hundred
さんがつ
March
さんじ
3 o'clock
さんぜん
3000;three thousand
さんじゅうはちどせん
38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)
さんがつ
third month of the lunar calendar
さんぜん
many
さんびゃく
300 mon;trifling amount;two-bit item
さんじ
afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock)