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参

参	U+53C2, 参 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C2

← 叁
[U+53C1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

參 →
[U+53C3]

See also: 參, 叁, and 薓

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

参 (radical 28 厶+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈大竹竹竹 (IKHHH), composition ⿱⿱厶大彡)

take part in, intervene
second syllable of ginseng (renshen) and Codonopsis pilosula (dangshen)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 164, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3090

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 386, character 15

Unihan data for U+53C2

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 参 – see 參. (This character, 参, is the simplified form of 參.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

参

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 參)

Readings

Kanji in this term
参
さん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Goon: さん (san), そん (son), しん (shin)

Kan’on: さん (san), しん (shin)

Kun: まいる (mairu), まじわる (majiwaru), みつ (mitsu)

Noun

参 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana さん, romaji san)

(law) 3, three

参 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana しん, romaji shin)

(astronomy) Chinese Three Stars constellation

Usage notes

This form of 3 is only used in legal documents.