Word Meaning 三人よれば文殊の知恵

さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ sanninyorebamonju no chie

三人よれば文殊の知恵 is read as さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ (sanninyorebamonju no chie) and means three heads are better than two.

Meaning

English

  1. three heads are better than two
  2. if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri

Reading

Kana

さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ

Romaji

sanninyorebamonju no chie

Writing Variants

  • 三人寄れば文殊の知恵 さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ sanninyorebamonju no chie

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 47 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb Rank 51551 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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文殊の知恵

もんじゅのちえ

the wisdom of Manjushri

三文々士

さんもんぶんし

hack writer

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

三人称単数

さんにんしょうたんすう

third-person singular

知恵

ちえ

prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

悪知恵

わるじえ

craft

入知恵

いれぢえ

putting an idea into someone's head

後知恵

あとぢえ

hindsight

げすの後知恵

げすのあとぢえ

hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)