Word Meaning 三人

さんにん sannin

三人 is read as さんにん (sannin) and means three people.

Meaning

English

  1. three people

Reading

Kana

さんにん

Romaji

sannin

Writing Variants

  • 3人 さんにん sannin
  • 3人 みたり mitari
  • 三人 みたり mitari

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 5 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 1357 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三人遣い

さんにんづかい

three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

三人称単数現在

さんにんしょうたんすうげんざい

third person singular present

三人称

さんにんしょう

third person

三人組

さんにんぐみ

trio

三人称単数

さんにんしょうたんすう

third-person singular

第三国人

だいさんごくじん

foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan

二人三脚

ににんさんきゃく

three-legged race

第三人称

だいさんにんしょう

third person

三つ

みっつ

three

三十

さんじゅう

thirty

さん

three

Example Sentences

10

さんにんでえきまであるいた。

The three of us walked to the station.

にほんじんのともだちがさんにんいます。

I have three Japanese friends.

Are you three brothers?

I have three younger sisters.

There were three men.

Are you three good friends?

I have three children.

Tom has three children.

The three of them began to laugh.

He has three sons.