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JLPT N5 · Telling time

三分

さんぷん

three minutes

Stroke order of 三分

2 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

三 · 3 strokes分 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

Three lines 三 plus 分, a knife 刀 dividing 八, make three minutes.

Parts: 三 three + 分 minute

The characters in 三分

  • 三 さん — three (3 strokes)

Example sentence

三分で着きます。

さんぷんでつきます。

I will arrive in three minutes.

Words with 三

Words with 分

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