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Kanji for Three
The kanji for “three” is 三, read san and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
three
Three; in Japan a number of balance and completeness.
3 strokes On reading サン、ゾウ (san, zou) Kun reading み、みつ、みっつ (mi, mitsu, mittsu) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: three
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sabu, san, sou, zou, mi, mitsu
In Japan it appears in about 3,663 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 三: Sabrina 三理南 · Cassandra 佳三登良 · Zoe 三生 · Zola 三良 · Zona 三奈 · Zora 三良 · Zoya 三弥 · Zofia 三日愛 · Alfonzo 愛瑠帆三 · Aleksander 愛玲久三輝 · Alessandra 安礼三登良 · Corazon 湖良三 and 6 more
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