Sinograph Addenda · Signs

three

Namethree
Readssān
Meansthree; several
Taught in01 · The order of strokes

Where it comes from

Three strokes, the middle shortest — and the end of the pattern: four is a borrowed character, not four strokes, because the script felt the cliff coming and switched moves. Taught in the strokes chapter.

How to remember it

Count the strokes and you have read the character: three. Enjoy it — it is the last time the trick works.

In the wild

Analects 7.22. urn:nabu:kanripo:KR1h0004:007:26a · license: attribution.