さんげん
Meanings
Noun
1. 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months
2. heaven, earth and man
3. January 1; New Year's Day
Pre-noun adjective
Chemistry
4. ternary
Kanji used
three
origin
Pitch accent
んげん
Composed of
Schlange; sechstes Tier im chinesischen Tierkreis; Himmelsrichtung von Süden bis 30° östlich; ca. neun bis elf Uhr morgens (nach den alten Zeitangaben); Getreideschwinge
Kopf; Haupt; Anführer; Ursprung; Quelle; Jahr 1 einer Dynastie; Beginn
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles
little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon