三つ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
三
みっ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
3つ

Alternative forms

• 三(み)つ (mitsu)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みっつ​ [mìttsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) みっつ [mìttsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲit̚t͡sɨᵝ]

Accent [0] is adverbal.

Noun

三(みっ)つ • (mittsu) 

1. three things [small or without a counter category]

Usage notes

三(みっ)つ (mittsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

See also

• Category:Japanese counters

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
三
み Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
3つ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みつ​ [mìtsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) み​つ [míꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

三(み)つ • (mitsu) 

1. Alternative form of 三つ (mittsu)