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三 sān — “three”
How to write and say the Chinese character 三 (sān), which means three — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 sān
Meaning · 意思 three
Strokes · 笔画 3
Radical · 部首 一 (one)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
三 is written with 3 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: three parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 二 (two).
A common word常用词
三个
three of them
Example sentence例句
我家有三口人。
There are three people in my family.
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