삼

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three (Sino-Korean)

삼 = 三, three strokes for three; sounds like Sam in Samsung (three stars)

삼 is the Sino-Korean reading of the hanja 三, which is simply three horizontal strokes. The same sam opens Samsung (三星), literally three stars, so the brand name itself counts to three for you.

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