叁 - sān - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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參 (叁)

sān

Definition

three (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Other pronunciations

參	cān	to take part in to participate to join to attend to counsel unequal varied irregular uneven not uniform abbr. for 參議院\|参议院 Senate, Upper House
參	shēn	ginseng one of the 28 constellations

Character Decomposition

Compounds (16)

慘

cǎn

miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy

滲

shèn

to seep; to ooze; to horrify

驂

cān

outside horses of a team of 4

磣

chěn

gritty (of food); unsightly

to mix (of powders)

dark; dim; gloomy; bleak

ginseng

long-haired; shaggy

panicum frumentaceum

wild hair

uneven; not uniform

to terrify

fringe; ornament of banner

carangid (zoology)

lush growth (trees); fishing using bundled wood (archaic)

摻

shǎn

to grasp

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