三つ

三つ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
三
みっ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
3つ

Alternative forms

• 三(み)つ (mitsu)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みっつ​ [mìttsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2]
• (Tokyo) みっつ [mìttsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mʲit̚t͡sɨᵝ]

Accent [0] is adverbal.[1][2]

Noun

三(みっ)つ • (mittsu) 

1. three things [small or without a counter category]

Usage notes

三(みっ)つ (mittsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

See also

• Category:Japanese counters

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
三
み Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
3つ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みつ​ [mìtsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
• (Tokyo) み​つ [míꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

三(み)つ • (mitsu) 

1. Alternative form of 三つ (mittsu)

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
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN