参 (cān): meaning and stroke order
参 (cān) means to take part in, to participate, to join, to attend, to counsel, unequal, varied.
参
- Simplified
- 参
- Traditional
- 參, 㕘, 叅, 葠, 蓡
- Pinyin
- cān · shēn · cēn
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Stroke order of 参
参
- cān variant of 參|参[can1]
- cān to take part in; to participate
- cēn used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 㕘
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Meaning of 参
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cān
Traditional 參
- to take part in
- to participate
- to join
- to attend
- to counsel
- unequal
- varied
- irregular
- uneven
- not uniform
- abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House
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cān
Traditional 㕘
- variant of 參|参[can1]
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cān
Traditional 叅
- old variant of 參|参[can1]
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shēn
Traditional 參
- ginseng
- one of the 28 constellations
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cēn
Traditional 參
- used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]
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shēn
Traditional 葠
- variant of 參|参[shen1]
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shēn
Traditional 蓡
- variant of 參|参[shen1]
Radical and structure
- 参
- Radical 厶 (Kangxi radical 28) · 8 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 参
- 参加 cān jiā to participate; to take part
- 参观 cān guān to visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).