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(sān) - three in Mandarin

sān

Traditional: 三

Line drawing of 三
Coloured illustration of 三
HSK 1
#738 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

three

Word origin

三 (sān) is a simple indicative character: three horizontal strokes standing for the number three, the same counting principle as 一 (one) and 二 (two).

Origin
ideograph
Root
三 (sān), three strokes for the number three

Stroke order

Stroke order for 三

Examples

I have three children.

It's three o'clock now.

Please give me three glasses of water.

I waited for three days.

He came in third place.

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This word is part of lesson 15.