Entry
  1. Noun

    three enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages; three virtuous men

  2. the three most accomplished people (of a particular craft or trade)

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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
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holy, saint, sage, master, priest

Kun
ひじり
On
セイショウ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1165 of 2500
Radical
ear
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Used in names as

きよさとさとしたかただひろまさ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-9-4SKIP code
4f9.9The Kanji Dictionary
1610.4Four corner code
3272deroo
8056Unicode hex code
1-32-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2960Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4727New Nelson (John Haig)
2830New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3509Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1812Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2464Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
825Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
888Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1306A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2030Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
663Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29074PMorohashi
911A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
674Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
686Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
824sakade
1663Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
922henshall3
962Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
580Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1583Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
833Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng4Pinyin reading
seongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level