Search Kanji for san

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three

Meaning: three
Kun-yomi: み/み.つ/みっ.つ
On-yomi: サン/ゾウ

water

Meaning: water; water radical (no. 85)
Kun-yomi: さんずい
On-yomi:

mountain

Meaning: mountain
Kun-yomi: やま
On-yomi: サン/セン

three

Meaning: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン/セン

thirty

Meaning: thirty
Kun-yomi: さんじゅう
On-yomi: ソウ

dense

Meaning: dense
Kun-yomi: さんらん.する
On-yomi: カイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かさ
On-yomi: サン

thirty

Meaning: thirty
Kun-yomi: よ/さんじゅう
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

hairpin

Meaning: hairpin; clasp; wear in hair
Kun-yomi: かんざし
On-yomi: シン/サン

generation

Meaning: generation; world; society; public
Kun-yomi: よ/さんじゅう
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

high water

Meaning: high water; flood tides
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ
On-yomi: シン/サン/シャ

generation

Meaning: generation; world; society; public
Kun-yomi: よ/よよ/さんじゅう/う.む/う.まれる
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

three

Meaning: three
Kun-yomi: み/み.つ/みっ.つ
On-yomi: サン/ゾウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かべ
On-yomi: ルイ/サン

fish swimming

Meaning: fish swimming; fishing with a net
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン

exhaust

Meaning: exhaust; use up; run out of; deplete; befriend; serve
Kun-yomi: つ.くす/-つ.くす/-づ.くし/-つ.く/-づ.く/-ず.く/つ.きる/つ.か
On-yomi: ジン/サン

cut down

Meaning: cut down
Kun-yomi: けず.る
On-yomi: サン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あな
On-yomi: キン/コン/サン

cedar

Meaning: cedar; cryptomeria
Kun-yomi: すぎ
On-yomi: サン

colic

Meaning: colic; stomach ache
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン/サン

elder sister

Meaning: elder sister; maidservant
Kun-yomi: あね/ねえさん
On-yomi: ソ/シャ

nonplussed

Meaning: nonplussed; three (in documents); going; coming; visiting; visit; be defeated; die; be madly in love; participate; take part in
Kun-yomi: まい.る/まい-/まじわる/みつ
On-yomi: サン/シン

coral

Meaning: coral; centimeter
Kun-yomi: センチ/さんち
On-yomi: サン

slander

Meaning: slander; ridicule; proceed slowly
Kun-yomi: みめよ.い/そし.る/みにく.い
On-yomi: サン/セン/ハン/サツ/サチ

thin kimono

Meaning: thin kimono
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン

cut

Meaning: cut; clip; trim; harvest; mow
Kun-yomi: か.る
On-yomi: セン/サン

kill

Meaning: kill; slay; wound; injure; hurt
Kun-yomi: ころ.す
On-yomi: ショウ/サン/ソウ

damage

Meaning: damage; remain; slight
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン/サン

stockade

Meaning: stockade; fence; weir; entwine around
Kun-yomi: しがら.む/しがらみ/とりで/やらい
On-yomi: サク/サン

sampan

Meaning: sampan
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン

gate bar

Meaning: gate bar
Kun-yomi: かんぬき
On-yomi: サン/セン

dual pronoun

Meaning: dual pronoun; I; you and me; we two
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン

to calculate

Meaning: to calculate
Kun-yomi: かぞ.える
On-yomi: サン

to level off

Meaning: to level off; to trim; to pare down
Kun-yomi: けず.る
On-yomi: サン/セン

scaffold

Meaning: scaffold; cleat; frame; jetty; bolt (door)
Kun-yomi: かけはし
On-yomi: サン/セン

silkworm

Meaning: silkworm
Kun-yomi: かいこ/こ
On-yomi: サン/テン

remainder

Meaning: remainder; leftover; balance
Kun-yomi: のこ.る/のこ.す/そこな.う/のこ.り
On-yomi: ザン/サン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かぞ.える
On-yomi: サン

river in Shaanxi

Meaning: river in Shaanxi; murky torrent
Kun-yomi: ひた.す
On-yomi: サン/シン/セン

abuse

Meaning: abuse; slander; vilify; ridicule
Kun-yomi: そし.る
On-yomi: サン/セン

fabulous beast

Meaning: fabulous beast
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン/シュン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: するど.い/たす.ける
On-yomi: シン/サン

level off

Meaning: level off; pare down; raze ground
Kun-yomi: けず.る
On-yomi: サン/セン

wretched

Meaning: wretched; disaster; cruelty; harsh
Kun-yomi: みじ.め/いた.む/むご.い
On-yomi: サン/ザン

products

Meaning: products; bear; give birth; yield; childbirth; native; property
Kun-yomi: う.む/う.まれる/うぶ-/む.す
On-yomi: サン

beheading

Meaning: beheading; kill; murder
Kun-yomi: き.る
On-yomi: ザン/サン/セン/ゼン

birthplace of Confucius

Meaning: birthplace of Confucius; place in Shantong
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ショウ/シュウ/シュ/サン

to light

Meaning: to light
Kun-yomi: や.く
On-yomi: シュン/ソン/サン

three

Meaning: three; going; coming; visiting
Kun-yomi: まい.る/まじわる/みつ
On-yomi: サン/シン

meal

Meaning: meal; eat
Kun-yomi: の.む/くら.う
On-yomi: サン/ソン

Samarium (element)

Meaning: Samarium (element)
Kun-yomi: おおがま
On-yomi: サン/セン

quick

Meaning: quick; fast
Kun-yomi: すみ.やか
On-yomi: サン/ショウ

umbrella

Meaning: umbrella
Kun-yomi: かさ
On-yomi: サン

scatter

Meaning: scatter; disperse; spend; squander
Kun-yomi: ち.る/ち.らす/-ち.らす/ち.らかす/ち.らかる/ばら
On-yomi: サン

stagger

Meaning: stagger; reel; stumble
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン

to counsel

Meaning: to counsel; to consult together; to take part in; to intervene
Kun-yomi: まい.る/まじ.わる/みつ
On-yomi: サン/シン

wash

Meaning: wash; cleanse; purge
Kun-yomi: あら.う
On-yomi: セン/サン

aching of limbs

Meaning: aching of limbs; muscular pains
Kun-yomi: いた.む
On-yomi: サン

weak

Meaning: weak; steep
Kun-yomi: よわ.い
On-yomi: セン/サン

dual pronoun

Meaning: dual pronoun; I; you and me; we two
Kun-yomi: われ
On-yomi: サン

crosspiece

Meaning: crosspiece
Kun-yomi: かけはし
On-yomi: サン/セン

bright

Meaning: bright
Kun-yomi: いい
On-yomi: サン

sake cup

Meaning: sake cup
Kun-yomi: さかずき
On-yomi: サン/セン

garlic

Meaning: garlic
Kun-yomi: にんにく/ひる/のびる
On-yomi: サン

an ancient device for working with numbers

Meaning: an ancient device for working with numbers; count; calculate; figure
Kun-yomi: そろばん/かぞ.える
On-yomi: サン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: の.せる/そそ.ぐ/うつ.る/さか
On-yomi: セン/サン/オク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よい
On-yomi: サン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あざ.やか
On-yomi: タン/セン/サン

uneven

Meaning: uneven
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シン/サン/ソン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: けわ.しい
On-yomi: サン/セン

calculate

Meaning: calculate; divining; number; abacus; probability
Kun-yomi: そろ
On-yomi: サン

acid

Meaning: acid; bitterness; sour; tart
Kun-yomi: す.い
On-yomi: サン

exhaust

Meaning: exhaust; use up; run out of; deplete; befriend; serve
Kun-yomi: つ.くす/つ.きる/つ.かす/さかづき/ことごと.く
On-yomi: ジン/サン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かいこ/こ
On-yomi: サン/テン

to revile

Meaning: to revile; to abuse
Kun-yomi: そな.える/ののし.る/あらわ.す
On-yomi: サン/ゼン

sad

Meaning: sad; pitiful; wretched; cruel
Kun-yomi: みじ.め/いた.む/むご.い
On-yomi: サン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン/セン

Esq.

Meaning: Esq.; way; manner; situation; polite suffix
Kun-yomi: さま/さん
On-yomi: ヨウ/ショウ

steep or high mountain

Meaning: steep or high mountain
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ザン/サン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つつ.む
On-yomi: セン/サン

delicate hand

Meaning: delicate hand; mix; blend; adulterate
Kun-yomi: と.る
On-yomi: サン/セン/シン

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