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 shapes where their meanings are two (二) , and one (一)

Its radical[1] is: 一 (yi1) which means: 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, .一yi1one

In cangjie it is written with MMM

How to write 三

To write三san1surname San you should write a combination of 二er4two , 一yi1one arranged in a 回 shape:

二 + 一 = 三

三 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 三 should be followed in this specific way.

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

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