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1 三 Three

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Radical Combination

  • 一 Ground
  • 二 Two

Meaning

Primary

Three

Mnemonic

This kanji is made up of the ground radical (which also happens to be the kanji for "one") and the radical for two. Combine one and two together and what do you get? Three!

Hints

This one should be pretty self explanatory! Even easier, you can look at this kanji and see it has three straight lines. You know what one looks like. You know what two looks like. So... this is three!

Readings

On’yomi

さん

Kun’yomi

み

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Three is the number of chances you get with Santa-san (さん). He has a list, and when you get to three "naughty things" lines, that's it. You're on Santa-san's three strikes and you're out list.

Hints

Picture Santa-san sitting at his desk at the North Pole, eating cookies, and marking one, two, then finally three lines next to names. Once the third line appears, the kid doesn't get presents anymore.

Found In Vocabulary

  • 三
    • さん
    • Three
  • 三人
    • さんにん
    • Three People
  • 三つ
    • みっつ
    • Three Things
  • 三日
    • みっか
    • Third Day
  • 三世
    • さんせい
    • Third Gene...
  • 三角
    • さんかく
    • Triangle
  • 三百
    • さんびゃく
    • Three Hundred
  • ナポレオン三世
    • なぽれおんさんせい
    • Napoleon T...
  • 三角形
    • さんかくけい
    • Triangle
  • 三番目
    • さんばんめ
    • Third Thing
  • 三冊
    • さんさつ
    • Three Books
  • 三個
    • さんこ
    • Three Smal...
  • 三杯
    • さんばい
    • Three Cups
  • 三つ編み
    • みつあみ
    • Braided Hair
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