参
cānshēncēn HSK2

take part in

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Original meaning: Three Stars constellation

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.

Components

晶
晶 IconicSimplified component

Depicts three stars joined together

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 晶 than it was in ancient scripts.
光
光 IconicRemnant component
三
三 SoundMeaning component

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodechrim
shrim
tsom

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode