Chinese Alphabet E 三
三 (sān) Three
Three horizontal lines represent the number three. It’s often written with the top line being the second longest, the middle line the shortest, and the bottom line being the longest.
If you know three, there is no reason you should not also know the Chinese characters for one and two!
| Meaning | Chinese | Pinyin | Note |
| 1 | 一 | yī | one line |
| 2 | 二 | èr | two lines |
| 3 | 三 | sān | three lines |
| 4 | 四 | sì | a rectangular shape, therefore has "four" sides |
| 5 | 五 | wǔ | |
| 6 | 六 | liù | |
| 7 | 七 | qī | |
| 8 | 八 | bā | |
| 9 | 九 | jiǔ | |
| 10 | 十 | shí | It looks like a cross. Think about "ten" commandments |
Remember, we have learned that one of the meanings of 月 (yuè) is month. So 三月 (sān yuè), three and month, the third month, is March.
You can use the above one to ten characters to form:
| Meaning | Chinese | Pinyin |
| January | 一月 | Yī yuè |
| February | 二月 | Èr yuè |
| March | 三月 | Sān yuè |
| April | 四月 | Sì yuè |
| May | 五月 | Wǔ yuè |
| June | 六月 | Liù yuè |
| July | 七月 | Qī yuè |
| August | 八月 | Bā yuè |
| September | 九月 | Jiǔ yuè |
| October | 十月 | Shí yuè |
| November | 十一月 | Shíyī yuè |
| December | 十二月 | Shí'èr yuè |
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About Chinese Alphabet
Symbols were selected based on their visual similarity to corresponding English alphabet letters. Only real Chinese characters are used. Only characters that are positive or neutral in meaning are included.
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