Onyomi: サン, シン · Kunyomi: まい-, まい.る, まじわる, みつ · Meanings: be defeated, be madly in love, coming, die, going, nonplussed, participate, take part in, three (in documents), visit, visiting
Kanji for be defeated, be madly in love, coming, die, going
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参 is formed from elements that represent involvement and joining. The structure developed to express the idea of taking part rather than standing apart. From this idea, 参 came to mean to participate, take part, or join.
参 shows involvement with others, meaning to participate or take part.
参 is used when someone joins an activity or becomes involved. It does not mean watching from outside, but actively taking part. Remember 参 as joining in and participating.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 三 | さん | three, 3 | common JLPT-N1 JLPT-N5 Numeric |
| 参 | しん | Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) | Noun |
| 参議院 | さんぎいん | House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan) | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 参る | まいる | to go, to come, to call | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 参加 | さんか | participation, joining, entry | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 参考 | さんこう | reference, consultation | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 参照 | さんしょう | reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes), consultation, comparison | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 参謀 | さんぼう | staff officer, military staff | common Noun |
| 30 | さんじゅう | thirty, 30 | common Numeric |
| 参加者 | さんかしゃ | participant, entrant, player, competitor | common Noun |