3

CardinalthreeOrdinal3rd
(third)Numeral systemternaryFactorizationprimePrime2ndDivisors1, 3Greek numeralΓ´Roman numeralIII or iiiLatinprefix/Binary11₂Ternary10₃Senary3₆Octal3₈Duodecimal3₁₂Hexadecimal3₁₆Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, Sindhi, Urdu٣Bengali, Assamese৩Chinese三，弎，叄Devanāgarī३Santali᱓Ge'ez፫Greekγ (or Γ)HebrewגJapanese三/参Khmer៣ArmenianԳMalayalam൩Tamil௩Telugu౩Kannada೩Thai๓N'Ko߃Lao໓GeorgianႢ/ⴂ/გ (Gani)Babylonian numeral𒐗Maya numerals•••Morse code... _ _

3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number.

It has religious and cultural significance in many societies.