3 (number)
The number three (3) is one more than two and one less than four. It is the first Mersenne prime. Three is an important number for many cultures (groups of people living together). It is also a prime number. It is the first odd prime. In Roman numerals, it is III.
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| Cardinal | three | |||
| Ordinal | 3rd (third) | |||
| Factorization | prime | |||
| Divisors | 1, 3 | |||
| Roman numeral | III | |||
| Roman numeral (unicode) | Ⅲ, ⅲ | |||
| Greek prefix | tri- | |||
| Latin prefix | tre-/ter- | |||
| Binary | 112 | |||
| Ternary | 103 | |||
| Quaternary | 34 | |||
| Quinary | 35 | |||
| Senary | 36 | |||
| Octal | 38 | |||
| Duodecimal | 312 | |||
| Hexadecimal | 316 | |||
| Vigesimal | 320 | |||
| Base 36 | 336 | |||
| Arabic | ٣,3 | |||
| Urdu |  | |||
| Bengali | ৩ | |||
| Chinese | 三，弎，叁 | |||
| Devanāgarī | ३ | |||
| Ge'ez | ፫ | |||
| Greek | γ (or Γ) | |||
| Hebrew | ג | |||
| Japanese | 三 | |||
| Khmer | ៣ | |||
| Korean | 셋,삼 | |||
| Malayalam | ൩ | |||
| Tamil | ௩ | |||
| Telugu | ౩ | |||
| Thai | ๓ | |||
Famous threes
- the Three Stooges
- the three Doshas (weaknesses) in Ayurvedic medicine in India
- the Trimurti (three aspects of God) in Hindu religion
- the Holy Trinity in Christian religion
- three gifts of the wise men (Magi) who visited Christ at his birth in the Gospel of Matthew.
- the three bears in the fairy tale Goldilocks
- the three Imperial Regalia of Japan
3 (number) Media
Notes from the original creator: "Evolution of the numeral 3 from the Brahmin Indians to the Europeans. I drew these characters by hand and scanned them. I release this image to be used under the terms of GFDL. Del arte 22:12, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)".
The numerals 0, 3 and 6 as text figures in the Georgia typeface.
Symbol of the Triple Goddess showing the waxing, full and waning Moon
The Shield of the Trinity is a diagram of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.
