sān

three

surname San; 3

a picture of 三 → three stacked strokes counting to three

Three horizontal strokes count out the number visually, stacking one, then two, then three. It is one of the oldest counting systems preserved in Chinese writing.

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The number oneSemantic
The number twoSemantic

Words with 三

三价

sān jià

trivalent

巴三览四

bā sān lǎn sì

to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

21三体综合症

èr shí yī sān tǐ zōng hé zhèng

trisomy; Down's syndrome

连三并四

lián sān bìng sì

one after the other

连中三元

lián zhòng sān yuán

(old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively

周三

zhōu sān

Wednesday

金三角

jīn sān jiǎo

Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)

金泳三

jīn yǒng sān

Kim Young-sam (1927-2015), South Korean politician, president 1993-1998

金背三趾啄木鸟

jīn bèi sān zhǐ zhuó mù niǎo

(bird species of China) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)

钱三强

qián sān qiáng

Qian Sanqiang

铁三

tiě sān

triathlon

铁人三项

tiě rén sān xiàng

triathlon

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