三つ
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 三 |
| みっ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 3つ |
Shift from previous 三つ (mitsu).
Alternative forms
- 三つ (mitsu)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) みっつ [mìttsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) みっつ [mìttsú] (Heiban – [0])[1] The Heiban pronunciation is adverbial[1][2]
- IPA(key): [mʲit̚t͡sɨ]
- (Tokyo) Note: Generally, words that are Odaka become flat with の (の-particle deaccenting). However, the word 三つ does not become deaccented with の and is still pronounced as:
- みっつの
- Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent not deaccented before の (Tōkyō)
Noun
三つ • (mittsu)
- three things [small or without a counter category]
Usage notes
三つ (mittsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.
See also
Japanese counter/suffix: つ (tsu) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Kanji | Kana | Romaji |
| 1 | 一つ | ひとつ | hitotsu |
| 2 | 二つ | ふたつ | futatsu |
| 3 | 三つ | みっつ、みつ | mittsu, mitsu |
| 4 | 四つ | よっつ、よつ | yottsu, yotsu |
| 5 | 五つ | いつつ | itsutsu |
| 6 | 六つ | むっつ、むつ | muttsu, mutsu |
| 7 | 七つ | ななつ | nanatsu |
| 8 | 八つ | やっつ、やつ | yattsu, yatsu |
| 9 | 九つ | ここのつ | kokonotsu |
| ? | 幾つ | いくつ | ikutsu |
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 三 |
| み Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 3つ |
From Old Japanese. By surface analysis, 三 (mi, “three”) + つ (tsu, generic counter word).
Pronunciation
Noun
三つ • (mitsu)
- alternative form of 三つ (mittsu)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN