Chinese Character 三 Meanings and components.

Form

三

Meaning

三 meaning^[3] in English: Surname San.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 三 can be seen as a composition of 2 main characters.

三 radical

Its radical^[1] is: ()

Details

In cangjie it is written with MMM

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 三, looks as follow:

三

Pinyin:san1 Shape:回

Meaning^[3]: Surname San

二

Pinyin:er4

Meaning^[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

一

Pinyin:yi1

Meaning^[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter