sān

three; 3; surname San

HSK 1 #125

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 125th character
Radical ⼀ (1.2)
Strokes 3
Index # 22

Definitions

三 sān
  1. 1. three
  2. 2. 3
  3. 3. surname San

Stroke order

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Words containing 三

Word Meaning
third year in junior middle school
to blow hot and cold; indecisive
fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
servile
thirteenth day of a month
fig. many twists and turns
Sanming prefecture level city in Fujian
Sanyō, Japanese electronics company
Mitsubishi
trilobite
new leader makes bold changes at start
every few days (idiom)
several; three or five
in groups of three or four (idiom)
syllogism (deduction in logic)
hat-trick (sports)
Tom, Dick and Harry
unregulated; of undetermined status
Sanyuan County in Xianyang xián yáng, Shaanxi
three in one; triple
Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history
three-stringed Chinese lute
sandwich (loanword)
three-shift system (work rostering)
over and over again (idiom)