Read Edit View history 參 cānshēncēnsān take part in Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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 Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 參 Simp strokes 參 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 參 Simp strokes 參 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 參 Simp strokes 參 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 參 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 461, 868 ], [ 483, 833 ], [ 451, 778 ], [ 415, 734 ], [ 402, 700 ], [ 439, 699 ], [ 573, 738 ], [ 584, 735 ] ], [ [ 552, 791 ], [ 607, 752 ], [ 633, 713 ] ], [ [ 297, 652 ], [ 309, 640 ], [ 319, 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