Jisho

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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

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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

役

7 strokes
Radical:
step 彳
Parts:
几 又 彳 殳
duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
On:
ヤク、 エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 役 【ヤク】 role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service, position (of responsibility), post, office, part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character, scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld
  • 役員 【ヤクイン】 director, executive, officer, official, person in charge
  • 悪役 【アクヤク】 villain, baddie, the villain's part
  • 大役 【タイヤク】 important task, important role, great duty, important mission, major part (in a film, play, etc.), leading role, high-scoring combination
  • 役 【エキ】 war, campaign, battle, unpaid work (ritsuryō system), forced labor
  • 役務 【エキム】 labor, labour, service
  • 荷役 【ニエキ】 handling cargo, loading and unloading
  • 就役 【シュウエキ】 being placed on duty, going into commission (of a warship, freighter, etc.), being placed in commission

Readings

Japanese names:
ちゃく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • oficio
  • deber
  • servicio
  • papel
  • (guerra)

Portuguese

  • dever
  • guerra
  • campanha
  • esboço
  • escritório
  • serviço
  • papel

French

  • rôle
  • fonctions
  • guerre
  • campagne
  • corvée
  • poste
  • service
324 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
419 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
397 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
315 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1598 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
171 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
519 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
368 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
375 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
376 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
609 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
620 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
288 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
217 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
893 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10057 Morohashi
244 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1726 New Nelson (John Haig)
884 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
949 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
266 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
290 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2068 2001 Kanji
3i4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
2724.7 Four corner code
1-44-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f79 Unicode hex code

揃

12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
一 并 刈 扎 月
be complete, uniform, all present
Kun:
そろ.える、 そろ.う、 そろ.い、 き.る
On:
セン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2412 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 揃える 【そろえる】 to collect, to gather, to get together, to complete (a collection), to arrange, to put in order, to prepare, to get ready, to make uniform, to make even, to match
  • 揃う 【そろう】 to be complete, to be all present, to make a full set, to be satisfied (of conditions), to be equal, to be uniform, to be even, to match, to agree, to gather, to assemble, to be collected
  • 揃い 【そろい】 set, suit, uniform collection, matching items, entirely, all, every one, nothing but
  • 揃い踏み 【そろいぶみ】 ritual stamping in the ring, lineup, appearance together
  • 一揃い 【ひとそろい】 one set, one suit

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • completo
  • uniforme
  • colección
  • coleccionar
  • reunir
  • completar

Portuguese

French

1395 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1957 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
719 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
539 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12319X Morohashi
590 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2226 New Nelson (John Haig)
2255 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2358 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1343 2001 Kanji
3c9.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
5802.1 Four corner code
1-34-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63c3 Unicode hex code

踏

15 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
口 日 止 水 足
step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment
Kun:
ふ.む、 ふ.まえる
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
723 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 踏破 【トウハ】 travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot, walking (all the way) across, travelling through, hiking across, traversing, travelling all over (e.g. a country), visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
  • 踏襲 【トウシュウ】 following (a precedent, former policy, etc.), continuing with, sticking to, observing
  • 前人未到 【ゼンジンミトウ】 untrodden (region, field of study, etc.), unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
  • 高踏 【コウトウ】 highbrow, aloof, transcendent

Kun reading compounds

  • 踏む 【ふむ】 to step on, to tread on, to trample on, to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil), to stand on, to visit, to experience, to undergo, to follow (rules, principles, etc.), to go through (e.g. formalities), to complete, to estimate, to guess, to judge, to value, to appraise, to rhyme, to succeed to (e.g. the throne)
  • 踏まえる 【ふまえる】 to be based on, to take into account, to build upon, to have origin in, to have one's feet firmly planted on, to plant oneself on

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ta4, ta1
Korean:
dab

Spanish

  • pisar
  • pisotear

Portuguese

  • passo
  • atropelar
  • persistir
  • avalia
  • escapar de pagamento

French

  • marcher
  • monter sur
  • piétiner
  • évaluer
  • basé sur
  • réaliser
  • éviter de payer
1657 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1067 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4571 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1186 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1795 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2314 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1559 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1662 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
266 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1766 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1997 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1066 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1435 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37602 Morohashi
1587 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5889 New Nelson (John Haig)
1287 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1381 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1806 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3778 2001 Kanji
7d8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
6216.3 Four corner code
1-38-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8e0f Unicode hex code