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三桁 (さんけた) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

三さん桁けた

also: みけた

Meanings

1

noun

three-digit number; hundreds column

Refers to a number with three digits (100–999) or the hundreds place in a number. Common in contexts like arithmetic, prices, or statistics.

この計けい算さんの答こたえは三さん桁けたになる。
The answer to this calculation will be a three-digit number.
三さん桁けたの数すう字じを覚おぼえるのは簡かん単たんだ。
Memorizing a three-digit number is easy.

Written forms

三桁
- さんけた
  Standard kanji spelling for 'three digits'.
- みけた
  Rare reading; さんけた is overwhelmingly more common.
みけた

Kanji

三three
桁beam, girder, spar

Similar words

二ふた桁けた
二桁 means 'two-digit number' (10–99), while 三桁 means 'three-digit number' (100–999).
四よ桁けた
四桁 means 'four-digit number' (1000–9999), while 三桁 means 'three-digit number' (100–999).

Etymology

Compound of 三 (three) and 桁 (digit, column). The reading さんけた is the standard on'yomi combination; みけた is a rare kun'yomi variant.