Word Meaning 三本

さんぼん sambon

三本 is read as さんぼん (sambon) and means three (long cylindrical things).

Meaning

English

  1. three (long cylindrical things)
  2. three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

Reading

Kana

さんぼん

Romaji

sambon

Writing Variants

  • 3本 さんぼん sambon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 13459 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三本締め

さんぼんじめ

threefold repetition of the "ipponjime" 3-3-3-1 hand-clapping pattern to celebrate a conclusion or completion

日本三代実録

にほんさんだいじつろく

Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

日本三霊山

にほんさんれいざん

Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)

三つ

みっつ

three

三十

さんじゅう

thirty

三人

さんにん

three people

さん

three

three

三日月

みかづき

new moon

三月

さんがつ

March

三百

さんびゃく

shyster

Example Sentences

6

He drank three bottles of beer.

Give me three pieces of chalk.

He drank three bottles of beer.

Tom drank three bottles of wine by himself last night.

The dentist told me that he has to pull out three of my teeth.

What walks on 4 legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening?