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Kanji Detail for 参 - "to participate, to visit"

参

  • Meaning

    参 means "to participate, to visit." Also associated with to consult.

    1. Participate - To join in; to take part.

    2. Visit - To call on; to attend.

    3. Consult - To refer to; to compare.

  • Words using 参

    • 参加 さんか Listen participation; joining; entry
    • 参院 さんいん Listen House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
    • 参考 さんこう Listen reference; consultation
    • 参加者 さんかしゃ Listen participant; entrant; player
    • 参入 さんにゅう Listen entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access
    • 参議院 さんぎいん Listen House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
    • 参拝 さんぱい Listen going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
    • 参謀 さんぼう Listen staff officer; military staff; adviser

  • Tattoo check: 参

    • Verified meaning: to participate, to visit
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さん, はかる)
    • Also carries these associations: to consult

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 参

    Given names 参(はかる)Listen

    Surnames 参(さん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    nonplussed; three (in documents); going; coming; visiting; visit; be defeated; die; be madly in love; participate; take part in

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    take part in, intervene; ginseng; 21st lunar mansion, determinative star ζ Orionis (Alnitak)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 參|参[can1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to take part in, to intervene; ginseng

  • Onyomi

    tip

    san(サン) サン

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mai(まい) まい

    mai.ru(まいる) まいる

    maji.waru(まじ-わる) まじ-わる

    mi.tsu(み-つ) み-つ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    厶 (mu)

  • Related Keywords

    participate visit consult reference attend contribute engage enter involve join take part compare presence

Sentences including 参

  • I will go with you as far as the bridge.

  • They invited her to go to the party.

  • I take part in your enterprise.

  • He took part in the meeting.

  • He didn't participate in the story.

  • Which dictionary did you refer to?

  • I'm sure that he will take part in the contest.

  • Over 100 people were present at the party.

  • Come and join us.

  • He is suffering from a cold.

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