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参 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「厶」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「厶」
On
サンさん · san
Kun
まい(る)mai(ru)
Meaning
participate; go/come (humble)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Depicts a person with three shining stars above the head; came to mean 'to mingle in, to participate'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサンさんsan参加さんか参万円さんまんえん降参こうさん
Kunまいるmairu参るまいる寺参りてらまいり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 参加さんか

    participation

  • 参考さんこう

    reference

More words with this kanji

  • 持参じさん
  • 墓参りはかまいり
  • 参拝さんぱい
  • 参与さんよ
  • 参詣さんけい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

運動(うんどう)会(かい)に参加(さんか)します。

I will take part in the sports day.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

参加参考参加to add考to con…去leave産give…散scatte…山mounta…三three尽exhaus…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 厶Map of reading サンAll maps

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