さん

Three

N5noun·san

How to remember it

三 is literally three horizontal strokes stacked — one, two, three lines.

Example sentences

  • りんごを三つ買いました。

    りんごをみっつかいました。

    I bought three apples.

  • 毎日三時に起きます。

    まいにちさんじにおきます。

    I wake up at three o'clock every day.

Usage

Read さん in counting (on'yomi); read みっつ with the counter つ.

Related words

三つ三時

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