Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
three
Kun:
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

11 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
Variants:
military officer, jailer, old man, rank
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2007 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 尉官 【イカン】 officer below the rank of major, company officer
  • 中尉 【チュウイ】 first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade
  • 少尉 【ショウイ】 second lieutenant, sublieutenant, ensign
  • 尉 【ジョウ】 inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system), old man, white ash (of charcoal)
  • 尉鶲 【ジョウビタキ】 Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
  • 黒式尉 【コクシキジョウ】 noh mask used for old man roles (usu. black)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4, yu4
Korean:
wi, ul

Spanish

  • oficial militar
  • carcelero
  • rango
  • viejo

Portuguese

  • oficial militar
  • carcereiro
  • velho
  • posição

French

  • officier
  • geôlier
  • vieil homme
  • rang
1004 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1765 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
231 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1232 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1223 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1410 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1617 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1725 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1882 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
507 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2119 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1504 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1104 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7440 Morohashi
1685 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1383 New Nelson (John Haig)
1095 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1176 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1423 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3748 2001 Kanji
4e6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
7420.0 Four corner code
1-16-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c09 Unicode hex code