三

Meanings: three, 3, third On Readings: サン san Kun Readings: み mi, みっ（つ） mit(tsu), み（つ） mi(tsu) Most Used Pronunciation: san JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 一 Stroke Number: 3

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Common jukugo
三角 - さん　かく san kaku - triangle
三月 - さん　がつ san gatsu - March (3rd month)
三百 - さん　びゃく san byaku - 300
再三 - さい　さん sai san - again and again, repeatedly

Useful Examples
三匹の猫がいます。
sanbiki no neko ga imasu
There are three cats.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
Three lines = 3, still logical!; Hang in there...

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.