Meaning of 三位(さんい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 三位

Kana Reading さんい, さんみ

Romaji san'i, sanmi

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

Meaning

third place; third rank

Examples of 三位, さんい, さんみ in a sentence

彼はいいとこ三位だろう。

At best he may take third place.
オリンピックでは金メダルが１位、銀メダルが２位、銅メダルが３位だ。

In Olympic competitions, a gold medal is for first place, a silver medal for second, and a bronze medal is for third place.

Related Kanji

位 JLPT 3

7 strokes

rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some

On'Yomi: イ

Kun'Yomi: くらい, ぐらい

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三 JLPT 5

3 strokes

three

On'Yomi: サン, ゾウ

Kun'Yomi: み, み.つ, みっ.つ

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