Hanja Analyzer
三

三 — sam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
석 삼
Romanization
sam
English
three
Mandarin
sān
Japanese on'yomi
サン, シン
Japanese kun'yomi
み み.つ みっ.つ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#14 of 2,500
Strokes
3
Radical
一 (1, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+4E09

Korean example words with 三

  • 삼간三間 Korean gloss: 세 칸
  • 삼녀三女 Korean gloss: 셋째 딸
  • 삼면三面 Korean gloss: 세 방면
  • 삼순三旬 Korean gloss: 서른 날
  • 삼남三男 Korean gloss: 셋째 아들
  • 동삼冬三 Korean gloss: 겨울의 석 달
  • 삼동三冬 Korean gloss: 겨울의 석 달
  • 삼선三選 Korean gloss: 세 번 당선됨
  • 삼단三段 Korean gloss: 세 단락의 구분
  • 삼색三色 Korean gloss: 세 가지의 빛깔
  • 삼취三娶 Korean gloss: 세 번째 장가감
  • 삼역三役 Korean gloss: 세 사람 몫의 역할

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 三

  • 三さん three; 3
  • 三人さんにん three people
  • 十三じゅうさん thirteen; 13; king
  • 三つみっつ three; three years of age
  • 三十日みそか last day of the month
  • 三塁さんるい third base
  • 三役さんやく three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
  • 三振さんしん strikeout
  • 再三さいさん again and again; repeatedly
  • 第三者だいさんしゃ third party; third person; outsider
  • 五十三次ごじゅうさんつぎ fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
  • 三者さんしゃ three persons; three parties

Other hanja read “삼”

Other hanja with radical 一

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