three / 3

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Cartesian coordinate system with three (三) axes.

Socrates (s-) is performing in front of the anthill (-an1). He created an electrical flute by attaching a large capacitor (二) to the flute (一), so that he can get the attention of all the ants. Moreover, he's balancing on a Cartesian coordinate system (三). Unfortunately, only three (三) ants stop to watch the performance.

三 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

= : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).

Characters with 三 as component

"long" or "to grow" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 168)

= + + + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) got caught in one of the anglepod's traps in the kitchen (ang2); he activated the trap by stepping over a fake nose (厶). The trap consists of a huge coordinate system (三) serving as base structure; on top there is a flute (一) to which two dinosaur bones (丨) are attached. The dinosaur bones go straight into both of Charlie Chaplins nostrils; he will be dangling on the two bones in the air until his nose grows (镸) long (镸) enough for him to touch the ground again.
surname Cheng / Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God

= + : Whenever Charlie Chaplin senses injustice, he takes a sip of the radioactive water of the 氶 river and changes into a superhero. Just inside the engine's kitchen, He puts a coordinate system on his head as crown and fixes some bearings as roller blades to his feet to fight the crime of environmental pollution.
to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive

= + : Whenever Charlie Chaplin senses injustice, he takes a sip of the radioactive water of the 氶 river and changes into a superhero. Just inside the engine's kitchen, He puts a coordinate system on his head as crown and fixes some bearings as roller blades to his feet to fight the crime of environmental pollution.
old variant of 疆[jiang1]

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: if you rotate the character by 90 degrees, it looks just like a wire mesh fence.

Joan of Arc (ji) planted two fields (田) of coordinate systems (三) in front of the anglepod (ang1). To protect her fields she puts a wire mesh fence (畺) around each of them.
three (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
variant of 閻|阎[Yan2] / surname Yan
variant of 參|叁[san1]
three (colloquial equivalent of 三個|三个)
archaic variant of 參|叁, banker's anti-fraud numeral three

Words with 三

calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
(of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
to make a terrible scene (idiom) / to throw a tantrum
see 一倡三歎|一倡三叹[yi1 chang4 san1 tan4]
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance
trisomy / Down's syndrome
a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
to have three meals a day
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail

Sentences with 三

bǎ
nà
sa̅n
qia̅n
liù
bǎi
ji̅n
de
dà
huán
da̅o
ná
lái