3

See also: Յ, ვ, Ȝ, ȝ, ɜ, з, З, ဒ, ૩, ੩, ३, ℨ, ᠓, ꣓, =3, ౩, צ‎, Ꜣ, ꜣ, and ③

3 U+0033, 3 DIGIT THREE ← 2 [U+0032] Basic Latin 4 → [U+0034]

Character variations

³ U+00B3, ³ SUPERSCRIPT THREE ← ² [U+00B2] Latin-1 Supplement ´ → [U+00B4]

₃ U+2083, ₃ SUBSCRIPT THREE ← ₂ [U+2082] Superscripts and Subscripts ₄ → [U+2084]

３ U+FF13, ３ FULLWIDTH DIGIT THREE ← ２ [U+FF12] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ４ → [U+FF14]

𝟑 U+1D7D1, 𝟑 MATHEMATICAL BOLD DIGIT THREE ← 𝟐 [U+1D7D0] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟒 → [U+1D7D2]

𝟛 U+1D7DB, 𝟛 MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK DIGIT THREE ← 𝟚 [U+1D7DA] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟜 → [U+1D7DC]

𝟥 U+1D7E5, 𝟥 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF DIGIT THREE ← 𝟤 [U+1D7E4] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟦 → [U+1D7E6]

𝟯 U+1D7EF, 𝟯 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD DIGIT THREE ← 𝟮 [U+1D7EE] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟰 → [U+1D7F0]

𝟹 U+1D7F9, 𝟹 MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE DIGIT THREE ← 𝟸 [U+1D7F8] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟺 → [U+1D7FA]

③ U+2462, ③ CIRCLED DIGIT THREE ← ② [U+2461] Enclosed Alphanumerics ④ → [U+2463]

🯳 U+1FBF3, 🯳 SEGMENTED DIGIT THREE ← 🯲 [U+1FBF2] Symbols for Legacy Computing 🯴 → [U+1FBF4]

Translingual

Symbol

3 (prev 2, next 4)

1. The cardinal number three.
2. A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal.
3. (superscript) The cube of a number or a unit.

   m³ stands for cubic meter.

4. (phonetics) the pitch of a tone, perhaps most commonly mid-pitch, but it may instead be high or low depending on local convention (e.g. the highest or lowest pitch if only the numbers 1–3 are used)

   Synonyms: ˥, ˦, ˧, ˨, ˩, depending on other values

5. (phonetics, Sinosphere) tone number 3, typically identified with dark rising yin shang (陰上). May be identified with departing qu tone (去) if the yin–yang distinction is not made.

   Synonyms: ꜂, ꜄

Alternative forms

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

• Arabic (Eastern) numerals: ٣‎
• Arabic (Western) numerals: 3
• Assamese numerals: ৩
• Balinese numerals: ᭓
• Bengali numerals: ৩
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁩
• Chakma numerals: 𑄹
• Cham numerals: ꩓
• Devanagari numerals: ३
• Gujarati numerals: ૩
• Gurmukhi numerals: ੩
• Hanifi Rohingya numerals: 𐴳‎
• Javanese numerals: ꧓
• Kannada numerals: ೩
• Kayah Li numerals: ꤃
• Khmer numerals: ៣
• Khudawadi numerals: 𑋳
• Lanna numerals: (secular) ᪃, (Tham) ᪓
• Lao numerals: ໓
• Lepcha numerals: ᱃
• Limbu numerals: ᥉
• Malayalam numerals: ൩
• Meitei numerals: ꯳
• Mongolian numerals: ᠓
• Myanmar numerals: ၃
• N'Ko numerals: ߃‎
• Ol Chiki numerals: ᱓
• Oriya numerals: ୩
• Osmanya numerals: 𐒣
• Persian numerals: ۳‎
• Saurashtra numerals: ꣓
• Sharada numerals: 𑇓
• Sinhalese numerals: ෩
• Sundanese numerals: ᮳
• Takri numerals: 𑛃
• Tamil numerals: ௩
• Telugu numerals: ౩
• Thai numerals: ๓
• Tibetan numerals: ༣
• Tirhuta numerals: 𑓓
• Warang Citi numerals: 𑣣

The following are only equivalent as representations of the cardinal number:

• Armenian numerals: Գ
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁔
• Chinese numerals: 叄/叁, 三
• CJK tally marks: 𝍴
• Counting rod numerals: 𝍫
• Egyptian numerals: 𓏼
• Ethiopic numerals: ፫
• Gothic numerals: 𐌲
• Greek numerals: Γ΄, γ΄
• Hebrew numerals: ג‎
• Old Persian numerals: 𐏒𐏑
• Roman numerals: III, iii
• Sinhalese numerals: 𑇣
• Tally marks: 𝍷𝍷𝍷

See also

• (Arabic digits): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Other representations of 3:

Morse code: ···–– Braille: ⠃

Signal flag (ICS and NATO):

Semaphore: After showing "numeric"

M2 is used to represent three as the second Mersenne prime.

English

Noun

3 (plural 3s)

1. (sports, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 360. (360° spin)

Egyptian

Romanization

3

1. Alternative transliteration of ꜣ.