Keyword
three
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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KankenLevel 10
Heisig3
Readings
さん
(56%)
(36%)
みっ
(5%)
Composed of
one
two
Mnemonic

A pictograph of three lines.

Used in kanji (5 in total)
horse
ancient dragon
sheep
lush
Used in vocabulary (1005 in total)
Examples (200 in total)
This task took three hours.
I have three younger sisters.
He has three children.
Now they have three children.
I have three children.
Only three people were in the room.
I have three older sisters.
There are three students with the same name in that class.
Only three people in the class answered the question correctly.
He had three sons.
He has three sons.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
He made me wait for about half an hour.
He has three daughters; one is married, but the others aren't.
This classroom can accommodate only thirty students.
All three of us are students.
I'm already over thirty.
You are late. The meeting finished thirty minutes ago.
Tokyo Station is the third stop.
My room has three windows.
My father caught three fish yesterday.
We have three televisions in our house.
He gave three wrong answers.
Three children are playing in the park.
I asked each boy three questions.
I've been very busy the last few days.
It took me three days to clean the room.
He died three days later.
I'll call you in a couple of days.
He left three days ago.
He is leaving in three days.
He came back three days later.
She left home after three days.
We only have three days left.
I arrived three days ago.
The reply came after three days.
I bought a camera for 30,000 yen.
Hurry up! There's only 30 minutes left before the train leaves.
Divide this cake among you three.
Divide the cake among you three.
Mother divided the cake into three parts.
I have not lived in Sanda since last year.
I did not live in Sanda last year.
I lived in Sanda City last year.
The three sisters look very much alike.
Are you three brothers?
He has three brothers.
She has three brothers.
I have two brothers and three sisters.
There are three options.
Where were you three years ago?
Bill joined our company three years ago.
I came to this country three years ago.
I came to Tokyo three years ago and have been living here ever since.
I met her in the winter three years ago.
It is three years since he died.
Three years have passed since he died.
He died three years ago.
He has been in Japan for three years.
I lived in Japan three years ago.
I've been waiting for three years.
I have been living here for three years.
The building crumbled to pieces three years ago.
I read it in a magazine three days ago.
He's three years older than her.
She's three years older than him.
She is three years older than I am.
She's three years older than me.
I think we had better wait another thirty minutes.
I've been waiting for the bus for three hours.
I make it a rule to study English for 3 hours every day.
We have been studying English for three years.
The three of them began to laugh.
My uncle has three children.
Zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
I go to the movies three or four times a month.
We had three tries and failed each time.
When will you live in Sanda next year?
I have thirteen cats.
I found a diary my father kept for thirty years.
We had three airplanes.
There were three deaths in the car crash.
I've written three letters.
These three countries were united into one.
She goes to the supermarket every three days.
He is younger than me by three years.
The lifetime of a butterfly is three days.
The court session lasted for three hours.
He drank three glasses of water.
It's on the third floor of this building.
How can I get to the third floor?
Our library is on the third floor.
Take this medicine three times a day.
The student missed class three times in a row.
He visited France three times.
It rained three times during the trip.
It will become much warmer in March.
You three are very lucky.
I borrowed three books from the library.
He has been to London three times.
He drank three bottles of beer.
The three boys had only two dollars among them.
Lucy came to see me three days ago.
The desk has three drawers.
I spent three months compiling this data.
I run three kilometers every morning.
She lost her father when she was three years old.
In February it snows at least every three days.
The class begins at 8:30.
I went to school at 8:30.
Three weeks went by.
I just have a couple of questions.
It's 3:10.
I am supposed to meet her at three this afternoon.
School is over at 3:30.
I will stay here till three o'clock.
The plane will arrive at three.
This book costs 3,000 yen.
That's 3000 yen altogether.
He exists on 3,000 yen a day.
In March, many flowers come out.
The suspect was hiding out in the mountains for three weeks.
I am the tallest of the three.
Ken runs fastest of the three.
Every three months, I get a bonus.
Close your eyes for three minutes.
Three men escaped from prison yesterday.
It will be three months before our house is completed.
The talk dragged on till three o'clock.
He reared three children by himself.
My aunt has three children.
I have three sisters; one is a nurse and the others are students.
This room can hold three hundred people.
I want a box three times as large as this.
The teacher has three times as many books as I do.
He earns three times more than I do.
He has three times as many books as I have.
My sister has three times as many books as I do.
I have three times as much money as you.
You have to give three months' rent as a deposit.
Anyway, three against one is unfair.
At least thirty students were absent.
Finally, I have time to reply to the mail that I have received these past three weeks.
It rained for three days on end.
It has been raining for three days on end.
He has been unconscious for three days.
Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.
He plays tennis three times a week.
The population of Spain is about one-third as large as that of Japan.
I have a reservation for three nights from tonight.
He served as chairman for three years.
Of the three boys, Bill behaves most politely.
I had no more than three pounds.
He's our third son.
Of the three candidates, I think Mr. Smith is the best.
All three of those men are carpenters.
He kept three dogs but lost one of them because of a traffic accident.
It's been three years since Tom died.
Tom has a party two or three times a year.
Tom and Mary have been married for more than thirty years.
Tom and I first met three months ago.
Tom and I didn't speak to each other for three years.
If you wish to speak to Tom, you'll need to wait about three hours.
Tom has three brothers.
Tom has three adult children.
Tom lives on the third floor of this apartment building.
Tom has been married to Mary for just over three years.
Tom is three years younger than Mary.
Tom was one of three children.
Tom arrived three minutes early.
Tom looked like he was somewhere in his late thirties.
Tom moved in three years ago.
Tom came three days ago.
Tom arrived three hours late.
Tom has three children.
Tom drank three bottles of wine by himself last night.
Tom always drinks at least three cups of coffee in the morning.
Three years ago today, Tom and I got married.
Tom left three days ago.
Tom died when I was three.
Tom is still using the wallet I gave him on his thirteenth birthday.
Capital, land and labor are the three key factors of production.
300 sit-ups every day? That's completely impossible!
I will answer within three days.
Tom has been studying French for about three years.
Tom has been studying French for the last three years.
Tom continued to study French for another three years.
Tom has been learning French for three years.
I lived three years in Paris during which time I learned French.
The graduation ceremony will take place on March 20th.
The three brothers must help one another.
It is hard to define "triangle."
This play has three acts.
About one third of the earth's surface is land.
He was the champion for three years.
There were three buttons on the lower back of the robot.
You will be able to speak fluent English in another few months.
Three more passengers got on the bus.
Tom saw a triple rainbow.
I ran into an old friend three days ago.