triad

criminal organization based in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other areas with significant Chinese diaspora
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triad

Summary

triad ranks in the top 0.52% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,737 views/month, #408 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • triad is a type of criminal organization[2].
  • triad is a type of group of humans[3].
  • triad's Commons category is recorded as Triads (underground society)[4].
  • triad's field of this occupation is recorded as organized crime[5].
  • triad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Triad (organized crime)[6].
  • triad's facet of is recorded as United front[7].
  • triad's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • triad's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gelbe Mafia'}[9].
  • triad's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '三合會'}[10].
  • triad's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '三合会'}[11].
  • triad's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'yue-hant', 'text': '三合會'}[12].
  • triad's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nan', 'text': 'Saⁿ-ha̍p-hōe'}[13].
  • triad's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'wuu-hans', 'text': '三合会'}[14].
  • triad's different from is recorded as three-chord song[15].
  • triad's different from is recorded as Triada[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include criminal organization[2] and group of humans[3].

Why It Matters

triad ranks in the top 0.52% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,737 views/month, #408 of 77,819).[1] triad has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] triad is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Gewerkschaft der Polizei. Retrieved . kriminalpolizei.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Kethyga · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → United front
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1269]]: [[Q835396]]"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of this occupation → organized crime
    Subclass of → criminal organization, group of humans
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → three-chord song, Triada
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012366172605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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