三ヶ月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	月
さん Grade: 1	げつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
三箇月

Etymology

Compound of 三(さん) (san, “three”) + ヶ(か) (ka, a simplified form of 箇(か) (ka), the counter for months) + 月(げつ) (getsu, “month”).

Noun

三(さん)ヶ月(げつ) • (sankagetsu) 

1. three months (duration)

Related terms

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)