三

How to remember it

さん echoes the Chinese 'sān' — easy to recall as the on-yomi for three.

Example sentences

• 私は三時に帰ります。

  わたしはさんじにかえります。

  I'll go home at three o'clock.

• うちは三人家族です。

  うちはさんにんかぞくです。

  We are a family of three.

Usage

On-yomi used in counters (三人, 三時); native みつ counts objects.

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