三さん

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Meanings

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The number three. The reading み is used in native Japanese counting and some compounds, while さん is the Sino-Japanese reading used in most contexts.

Please give me three apples.

三さん時じに会あいましょう。

Let's meet at three o'clock.

三さん分ぶんの〈数かず〉...-thirds (using 三 as the denominator in a fraction)
三さん分ぶんの一いちは約やく33パーセントです。
One third is about 33 percent.
第だい三さん〈物もの〉the third ...; ordinal use of 三 with 第
彼かれは第だい三さんの候こう補ほ者しゃです。
He is the third candidate.

スリー
三 is the native Japanese word for 'three' used in ordinary counting and compounds, while スリー is a loanword reserved for sports, games, and casual contexts like スリーポイント or スリーアウト.
三みっつN5
三つ is the native Japanese numeral used with the つ counter for general objects, while 三 is the Sino-Japanese numeral used in compound words and with most other counters (e.g. 三人, 三月).

参しん
三 is the everyday character for 'three', while 参 is a formal variant used mainly on legal documents and checks to prevent alteration of the number.
賛さん
参 (as in 参加) is a homophone of 賛 but means joining or participating, not praise or an inscription.
さんN3
三 is the number three and shares the same sound さん, but it is a numeral, not the honorific suffix さん attached to names.

The kanji 三 is a simple ideograph representing the number three. The reading さん comes from Middle Chinese, while み is the native Japanese reading.

53%

さんUsage27%

参Usage<1%

サンUsage<1%

みUsage0%

ミUsage0%

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