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three digits; three-digit number
A number in the hundreds — one that has three places (100–999). 桁 counts digits or decimal places, so 三桁 means three places.
パスワードは三桁の数字だ。
The password is a three-digit number.
売上がついに三桁に届いた。
Sales finally reached three digits (the hundreds).
二桁の掛け算をすると答えが三桁になることがある。
Multiplying two-digit numbers can give a three-digit answer.
桁 means a digit or decimal place, so 三桁 is a number with three places — the hundreds, from 100 to 999. The pattern extends to other counts of digits.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 三桁の数字: a three-digit number
- 三桁に乗る: to reach three digits (the hundreds)
RELATED:
- 二桁: two digits (10–99)
- 四桁: four digits (1,000–9,999)