参 — Chinese character
参
cān
to take part in, to intervene; ginseng
- Pinyin
- cān
- Radical
- 28 ⼛ (Private)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 厶 大 彡
- Formation
- pictophonetic; sound component 彡
- Traditional
- 參
- Japanese
- 参 as a kanji
Common words with 参
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 参加 (參加) | cān jiā | to participate; to take part; to join |
| 参与 (參與) | cān yù | to participate (in sth) |
| 参考 (參考) | cān kǎo | consultation; reference |
| 参观 (參觀) | cān guān | to visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around |
| 参数 (參數) | cān shù | parameter |
| 参赛 (參賽) | cān sài | to compete; to take part in a competition |
| 参议员 (參議員) | cān yì yuán | senator |
| 参议院 (參議院) | cān yì yuàn | senate; upper chamber (of legislative assembly) |
| 参选 (參選) | cān xuǎn | to be a candidate in an election or other selection process; to run for office |
| 参见 (參見) | cān jiàn | to refer to; see also |
| 参谋 (參謀) | cān móu | staff officer; to give advice |
| 参照 (參照) | cān zhào | to consult a reference; to refer to (another document) |
English words written with 参
- senate
- reference
- senator
- refer
- participate
- consultant
- varied
- consultation
- competitor
- participant
- parameter
- unequal
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.