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三重

三重

Chinese

three; 3
 
heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
simp. and trad.
(三重)

Adjective

三重

  1. triple, triplicate

Proper noun

三重

  1. Sanchong (city in Taiwan)
  2. Mie (prefecture in Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
じゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

(san) "three" + (jū) "-fold, -ply"

Noun

三重 (hiragana さんじゅう, romaji sanjū, historical hiragana さんぢゆう)

  1. triple, triplicate

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

三重 (hiragana みえ, romaji Mie, historical hiragana みへ)

  1. Mie, a prefecture of Kinki, Japan.
Synonyms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.