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三

3 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 二
Variants:
弎
three
Kun:
み、 み.つ、 みっ.つ
On:
サン、 ゾウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
14 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 三 【サン】 three, 3
  • 三 【サン】 three
  • 十三 【ジュウサン】 thirteen, 13, king
  • 七三 【シチサン】 7 or 3 ratio, hair parted on one side
  • 四三 【シソウ】 one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand, three and a four (in dice games)

Kun reading compounds

  • 三 【さん】 three, 3
  • 三十日 【みそか】 last day of the month
  • 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
  • 三つ折り 【みつおり】 threefold, folded in three
  • 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
  • ３つの密 【みっつのみつ】 three Cs, three conditions that facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases (closed spaces, crowds, and close contact)

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 さ、 さい、 さえ、 さぶ、 ざ、 ざえ、 ざぶ、 そう、 ぞ、 ただ、 みつ、 みん、 も、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
san1
Korean:
sam

Spanish

  • tres
  • 3

Portuguese

  • três

French

  • trois
3 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
3 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
23 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
10 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
8 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
22 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
4 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
5 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2423 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1225 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12 Morohashi
1924 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
8 New Nelson (John Haig)
3 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
3 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
21 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
10 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-2 SKIP code
1010.1 Four corner code
1-27-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e09 Unicode hex code

人

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
人
person
Kun:
ひと、 -り、 -と
On:
ジン、 ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code

称

10 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
一 ノ 小 禾 乞
Variants:
稱 穪
appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame
Kun:
たた.える、 とな.える、 あ.げる、 かな.う、 はか.り、 はか.る、 ほめ.る
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
985 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 称 【ショウ】 name, title, designation, fame, reputation
  • 称号 【ショウゴウ】 title, name, degree
  • 通称 【ツウショウ】 popular name, common name, nickname, alias
  • 公称 【コウショウ】 public name, announcing publicly, nominal

Kun reading compounds

  • 称える 【たたえる】 to praise, to extol, to hail, to laud, to celebrate
  • 称える 【となえる】 to call (by a name), to name
  • 褒める 【ほめる】 to praise, to commend, to compliment, to speak well of, to speak highly of

Readings

Japanese names:
ね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng1, chen4, cheng4
Korean:
ching

Spanish

  • llamar
  • nombrar
  • alabar
  • apelativo
  • nombre

Portuguese

  • apelação
  • elogio
  • admirar
  • nome
  • título
  • fama

French

  • appellation
  • louanges
  • admirer
  • nom
  • titre
  • renommée
815 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
714 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1187 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3280 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
736 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1586 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1118 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
978 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1011 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1554 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1433 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1491 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
788 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1075 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
914 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25016P Morohashi
1160 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4139 New Nelson (John Haig)
905 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
971 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1374 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2241 2001 Kanji
5d5.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
2899.0 Four corner code
1-30-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79f0 Unicode hex code

複

14 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
夂 日 初 乞
duplicate, double, compound, multiple
On:
フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
915 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 複 【フク】 compound, composite, multiple, re-, bi-, doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.), place bet (in horse racing, etc.), show bet, bet that predicts a top 2 or top 3 finish (depending on number of horses, etc. in race)
  • 複合 【フクゴウ】 composite, combined, complex
  • 重複 【チョウフク】 duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
  • 遺伝子重複 【イデンシジュウフク】 gene duplication

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bog, bu

Spanish

  • repetir
  • duplicar
  • doble
  • compuesto
  • múltiple

Portuguese

  • duplicação
  • duplicar
  • composto
  • múltiplo

French

  • duplication
  • copie
  • composé
  • multiple
  • compliqué
865 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
804 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
783 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1050 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4255 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
764 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
886 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
916 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
938 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
522 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1636 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1565 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
827 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
476 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34417 Morohashi
1222 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5484 New Nelson (John Haig)
465 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
504 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
802 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
667 2001 Kanji
5e9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
3824.7 Four corner code
1-42-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8907 Unicode hex code

数

13 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
夂 女 米 乞 攵
Variants:
數
number, strength, fate, law, figures
Kun:
かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
On:
スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 複数 【フクスウ】 plural, multiple, plural (number)
  • 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
  • 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 数牌 【シューパイ】 suited tiles

Kun reading compounds

  • 数 【かず】 number, amount
  • 数多く 【かずおおく】 in great numbers
  • 手数 【てすう】 trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches
  • 口数 【くちかず】 number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.
  • 数える 【かぞえる】 to count, to enumerate
  • 屡々 【しばしば】 often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly

Readings

Japanese names:
じゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4, shu3, shuo4
Korean:
su, chog

Spanish

  • número
  • cifra
  • contar

Portuguese

  • número
  • vigor
  • destino
  • lei
  • figuras

French

  • nombre
  • compter
  • destin
  • loi
  • chiffres
262 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
168 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
151 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
188 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2057 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
429 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
592 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2169 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
529 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
945 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2245 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1591 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
938 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13319 Morohashi
1790 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2353 New Nelson (John Haig)
929 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
998 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
159 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
227 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1066 2001 Kanji
4i9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
9844.0 Four corner code
1-31-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6570 Unicode hex code