Read Edit View history Discussion 参 cānshēncēnsān HSK2 take part in Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 參. Depicts three (三) stars (晶) shining (光). Originally represented the Three Stars constellation (參) in Chinese astronomy. The more common meaning "take part in" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas cān ×shēn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 参 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 參 ×参 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts three stars joined together Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 参 Simp strokes 参 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 参 Simp strokes 参 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 参 Simp strokes 参 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 参 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 477, 836 ], [ 498, 796 ], [ 493, 784 ], [ 439, 710 ], [ 357, 629 ], [ 337, 594 ], [ 372, 588 ], [ 608, 642 ], [ 621, 633 ] ], [ [ 582, 716 ], [ 670, 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305 370 256 320 Q 210 274 113 211 Q 100 199 109 196 Q 113 193 127 197 Q 280 242 414 447 L 442 489 Z", "M 545 469 Q 546 466 551 462 Q 639 354 736 256 Q 778 210 945 238 Q 964 239 965 245 Q 968 252 953 258 Q 773 328 769 331 Q 697 373 577 471 C 554 490 526 492 545 469 Z", "M 471 412 Q 459 355 321 243 Q 302 230 326 232 Q 392 239 511 358 Q 524 373 534 380 Q 544 390 542 399 Q 539 411 517 418 Q 492 428 481 425 Q 474 424 471 412 Z", "M 519 318 Q 504 249 329 123 Q 310 110 334 112 Q 409 118 529 233 Q 532 240 581 284 Q 591 294 589 302 Q 588 314 565 322 Q 540 332 529 330 Q 522 329 519 318 Z", "M 580 239 Q 580 169 438 54 Q 435 53 433 50 Q 393 19 295 -37 Q 286 -40 296 -45 Q 351 -54 489 37 Q 495 43 503 47 Q 552 84 631 162 Q 641 172 648 177 Q 657 180 657 191 Q 658 201 648 215 Q 621 251 590 251 Q 580 251 580 239 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source 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