さん
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga)
2. three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
Kanji used
three
house
Pitch accent
んけ
Top 46000
Composed of
three; 3
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three