Entry
  1. Noun

    three cardinal virtues (wisdom, benevolence and valour (valor))

  2. (having) three uses (e.g. a kitchen knife); (having) three advantages (e.g. a method)

    see 三徳包丁

  3. three qualities of nirvana (dharmakaya, prajna and moksha); three qualities of parinirvana

    Buddhism

  4. three virtues of Buddhahood (benevolence, wisdom and renunciation of klesha); three virtues of Buddhistic enlightenment

    Buddhism

  5. small pouch with separate pockets for a handkerchief, notes and toothpicks (popular during the Edo period)

    Historical term

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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three

Kun
み.つみっ.つ
On
サンゾウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
14 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

さいさえさぶざえざぶそうただみつみん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-2SKIP code
0a3.1The Kanji Dictionary
1010.1Four corner code
3072deroo
4e09Unicode hex code
1-27-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
8New Nelson (John Haig)
1924New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2423Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1225Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
3Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
22Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12Morohashi
23A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
4Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3sakade
4Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3henshall3
10Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
21crowley
3Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
5Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
san1Pinyin reading
samKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect

On
トク
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1091 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Used in names as

あつなるのりゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
3i11.3The Kanji Dictionary
2423.6Four corner code
2058deroo
5fb3Unicode hex code
1-38-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1633Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1767New Nelson (John Haig)
684New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
842Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
486Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
623Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
885Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
950Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
839A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2063Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
592Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10237PMorohashi
762A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1038Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1079Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
851sakade
1284Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
783henshall3
801Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
644Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
637Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
894Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
de2Pinyin reading
deogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level