参

See also 參, 叁, and 薓

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 參

Han character

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

1. take part in, intervene
2. 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

参 (traditional 參, Yale chaam1 sam1)

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Japanese

Kanji

参 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: さん (san), しん (shin)
• Kun: まいる (mairu), まじわる (majiwaru), みつ (mitsu)

Noun

参 (hiragana さん, romaji san)

1. (law) 3, three

Usage notes

This form of 3 is only used in legal documents.

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Korean

Hanja

参 (hangeul 삼, 참, revised sam, cham, McCune-Reischauer sam, ch'am)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

参 (traditional 參, pinyin cān (can1), shēn (shen1), Wade-Giles ts'an¹)

Compounds

• 人参
• 土人参
• 西洋参
• 洋参
• 白肉洋参
• 红肉洋参
• 泡参
• 高丽参
• 党参
• 明党参
• 防党参
• 苦参
• 玄参
• 丹参
• 拳参
• 海参
• 刺参
• 盘龙参
• 竹节参
• 元参
• 地参
• 毒参
• 沙参
• 南沙参
• 北沙参
• 太子参, 孩儿参
• 五指山参