Keyword
three
- Frequency
- #245
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
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Mnemonic
Three parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 二 (two)
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三
three; 3
三国
Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history; any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新罗 (Xīnluó) in 658
三星
Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
三次
third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
三月
March; third month (of the lunar year)
三级
grade 3; third class; category C
十三
thirteen; 13
三分
somewhat; to some degree
第三方
third party
三十
thirty; 30
三角
triangle; (math.) trigonometry (abbr. for 三角学 (sānjiǎoxué))
周三
Wednesday
三分之一
one third
三条
three of a kind (poker)
三项
three items; three events; three terms; tri-; trinomial, ternary (math.); triathlon (abbr. for 三项全能)
三峡
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峡 (QútángXiá), Wuxia Gorge 巫峡 (WūXiá) and Xiling Gorge 西陵峡 (XīlíngXiá); Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市 (Xīnběishì), Taiwan
三角洲
delta (geography)
星期三
Wednesday
三世
the Third (of numbered kings)
三代
three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
三维
three-dimensional; 3D
三倍
triple; three times as much; threefold
三元
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元 (jièyuán), metropolitan 会元 (huìyuán) and palace 状元 (zhuàngyuán)
第三世界
Third World