This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: サン、ゾウ、み、み.つ、みっ.つ
Romaji: san, zou, mi, mi.tsu, mi.tsu
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: か、さ、さい、さえ、さぶ、ざ、ざえ、ざぶ、そう、ぞ、ただ、みつ、みん、も、や
Romaji: ka, sa, sai, sae, sabu, za, zae, zabu, sou, zo, tada, mitsu, min, mo, ya
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

three

Stroke Diagram

123

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  3
Radical Number:  1
Frequency:  14
Grade:  1
Skip Pattern:  2-1-2
Korean Reading:  sam
Chinese Reading:  san1
Unicode:  4e09
JIS:  3B30

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1924
Nelson Index: 8
New Nelson Index: 8
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a3.1
Four Corner Index: 1010.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 23
Gakken Index: 10
Japanese Names Index: 22
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0107
Remembering the kanji Index: 3
Busy People Index: 1.A
Kanji Way Index: 21
Kanji Flashcards Index: 4
Kodansha Compact Index: 5
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 3
Kanji in Context Index: 3
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1225
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1689
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 3
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 3
Essential Kanji Index: 3
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2423
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3072
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 3
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 10

Words

(さん、み)
three; tri-
三重 (さんじゅう、みえ)
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
三つ (みっつ、みつ)
three
三国志 (さんごくし)
Annals of the Three Kingdoms
三月 (みつき)
three months
(サン)
three
三振 (さんしん)
strikeout; strike out; fanning out
三角 (さんかく)
triangle; triangular
三角形 (さんかくけい、さんかっけい)
triangle
三月 (さんがつ)
March
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