| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 三 | 月 |
| さん Grade: 1 |
げつ Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 三箇月 |
Compound of 三 (san, “three”) + ヶ (ka, a simplified form of 箇 (ka), the counter for months) + 月 (getsu, “month”).
三ヶ月 • (sankagetsu)
| Japanese number-counter combinations for ヶ月 (kagetsu) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 一ヶ月 (ikkagetsu) | 二ヶ月 (nikagetsu) | 三ヶ月 (sankagetsu) | 四ヶ月 (yonkagetsu) | 五ヶ月 (gokagetsu) |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 六ヶ月 (rokkagetsu) | 七ヶ月 (nanakagetsu) 七ヶ月 (shichikagetsu) |
八ヶ月 (hakkagetsu) 八ヶ月 (hachikagetsu) |
九ヶ月 (kyūkagetsu) | 十ヶ月 (jukkagetsu) 十ヶ月 (jikkagetsu) |
| 100 | 1,000 | 10,000 | How many? | |
| 百ヶ月 (hyakkagetsu) | 千ヶ月 (senkagetsu) | 一万ヶ月 (ichimankagetsu) | 何ヶ月 (nankagetsu) | |