"三つ" meaning in Japanese

See 三つ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mʲit̚t͡sɨ] Forms: 三つ [canonical] (ruby: 三(みっ)), mittsu [romanization]
Etymology: Shift from previous 三(み)つ (mitsu). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|三つ|みつ}} 三(み)つ (mitsu) Head templates: {{ja-noun|みっつ}} 三(みっ)つ • (mittsu)
  1. three things [small or without a counter category]
    Sense id: en-三つ-ja-noun-rA1HlPR3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [mʲit͡sɨ] Forms: 三つ [canonical] (ruby: 三(み)), mitsu [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. By surface analysis, 三 (mi, “three”) + つ (tsu, generic counter word). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{surf|ja|三|つ|pos2=generic counter word|t1=three|tr1=mi|tr2=tsu}} By surface analysis, 三 (mi, “three”) + つ (tsu, generic counter word) Head templates: {{ja-noun|みつ}} 三(み)つ • (mitsu)
  1. Alternative form of 三つ (mittsu) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 三つ (extra: mittsu)
    Sense id: en-三つ-ja-noun-QG~7p82H Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for 三つ meaning in Japanese (3.1kB)

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