掺 — Chinese character
掺
càn
to mix, to blend, to adulterate
- Pinyin
- càn
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 扌 参
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 参
- Traditional
- 摻
Common words with 掺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掺和 (摻和) | chān huo | to mix; to put together; to interfere in; to get involved in |
| 掺水 (摻水) | chān shuǐ | to dilute; to water down |
| 掺假 (摻假) | chān jiǎ | to mix in fake material; to adulterate |
| 掺沙子 (摻沙子) | chān shā zi | to mix in some sand (e.g. when making concrete); (fig.) to place outsiders into a monolithic group (to infiltrate or disrupt it etc) |
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.