Character · Numbers
三
みっか mikkaさんねん sannenさんもん sanmonさんど sando
three
Composition
Origin
Three stacked horizontal strokes write the number three.
In the thoughts
- 三年sannenthree years
- 三文sanmonthree coins
- 三度sandothree times
- 三度目sandomethird time
- 三十六計sanjūrokkeithirty-six stratagems
- 朝三chōsanthree at morning
- 三脚sankyakuthree legs
- 三日mikkathree days
Proverbs carrying this character
- 001 石の上にも三年 Even a stone grows warm if you sit on it for three years.
- 064 早起きは三文の徳 Early rising earns three coins of profit.
- 086 二度あることは三度ある What happens twice will happen three times.
- 087 三度目の正直 The third time is the charm.
- 194 三十六計逃げるに如かず Of the thirty-six stratagems, retreat is the finest.
- 250 朝三暮四 Three in the morning, four at night.
- 253 二人三脚 Two people, three legs.
- 282 三日坊主 A three-day monk.
- 302 一日一歩、三日で三歩 One step a day: in three days, three steps.