Three in Chinese (Mandarin): 三 (sān)
3️⃣
三
sān
three
- Simplified
- 三
- Traditional
- 三
- Pinyin
- sān
- Typed as
- san
Use it in a sentence
我有三只小鸟。
我有三隻小鳥。
I have three little birds.
The characters in 三
三
Three. Three lines.
3 strokes
First tone. 三 is in 三角 (sānjiǎo), a triangle: "three corners".
More examples with 三
我三岁了。
我三歲了。
Wǒ sān suì le.
I am three years old.
三只小猪。
三隻小豬。
Sān zhī xiǎo zhū.
The three little pigs.
How to write 三 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
三 3 strokes
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