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Kanji for Three
The kanji for “three” is 三, read san and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
three
Three; in Japan a number of balance and completeness.
3 strokes On reading サン、ゾウ (san, zou) Kun reading み、みつ、みっつ (mi, mitsu, mittsu) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: three
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sabu, san, zou, mi
In Japan it appears in about 3,663 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 三: Sabrina 三里七 · Zoe 三生
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