三
Translingual
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Etymology
三 is formed by writing 一 three times; note that all horizontal strokes are written left-to-right. Since 一 means one, 三 means three. Chinese characters often exhibit tripling to show a group of something; 三 is thus similar to 森 and other characters formed the same way.
Han character
三 (radical 1 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一一一 (MMM), four-corner 10101, composition ⿳一一一)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 76, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12
- Dae Jaweon: page 138, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 4, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4E09
- http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm
See also
Cantonese
Etymology
From Old Chinese *sum, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-thum "three" (compare Classical Tibetan gsum)
Hanzi
三 (jyutping saam1, saam3, Yale saam1, saam3)
Hakka
Hanzi
三 (POJ sam, Guangdong sam1, Hagfa Pinyim sam1)
References
- CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
- Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
- Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
Japanese
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Number
Noun
Etymology
/mi1/: [mi].
Noun
- three
Kanji
Alternative forms
- (Japanese financial/formal form): 参
Readings
- On: さん (san), ぞう (zō)
- Kun: み (mi), みつ (三つ, mitsu), みっつ (三つ mittsu)
- Nanori: か (ka), かず (kazu), さ (sa), さい (sai), さえ (sae), さぶ, (sabu), さむ (samu), ざ (za), ざえ (zae), ざぶ (zabu), そ (so), そう (sō), ぞ (zo), ぞう (zō), ただ (tada), みつ (mitsu), みん (min), も (mo), や (ya)
Compounds
Related terms
- 三つ
- 三が日
- 三顧の礼
- 三舎を避ける
- 三竦み
- 三本締め
Korean
Hanja
三
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 삼 (revised: sam, McCune-Reischauer: sam, Yale: sam)
- Name (hangeul): 셋 (revised: set, McCune-Reischauer: set, Yale: seys)
References
Mandarin
Pronunciation
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Hanzi
三 (pinyin sān (san1), Wade-Giles san1)
Compounds
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Numeral
三 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin sān)
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