三個

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
3個
3個
三箇
3箇
3箇

Compound of (san, three) +‎ (ko, thing, general counter used for any object).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んこ [sáꜜǹkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [sã̠ŋko̞]

Noun

(さん)() • (sanko

  1. three (of anything)

Synonyms

Japanese counter/suffix: (こ, ko)
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
1一個いっこikko
2二個にこniko
3三個さんこsanko
4四個よんこyonko
5五個ごこgoko
6六個ろっこrokko
7七個ななこ、しちこnanako, shichiko
8八個はっこ、はちこhakko, hachiko
9九個きゅうこkyūko
10十個じっこ、じゅっこjikko, jukko
11十一個じゅういっこjūikko
12十二個じゅうにこjūniko
13十三個じゅうさんこjūsanko
20二十個にじっこ、にじゅっこnijikko, nijukko
21二十一個にじゅういっこnijūikko
100百個ひゃっこhyakko
1,000千個せんこsenko
10,000一万個いちまんこichimanko
100,000,000一億個いちおくこichiokuko
00個零個ゼロこ、れいこzeroko, reiko
?何個なんこnanko