参

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 164, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3090
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 386, character 15
• Unihan data for U+53C2

Readings

• Goon: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}; そん (son)^{←そん (son, historical)←そむ (somu, ancient)}
• Kan’on: さん (san, Jōyō)^{←さん (san, historical)←さむ (samu, ancient)}; しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}
• Kun: まいる (mairu, 参る, Jōyō)^{←まゐる (mawiru, historical)}; まじわる (majiwaru, 参わる)^{←まじはる (mazifaru, historical)}

As variant kanji for 三:

• Goon: さん (san, Jōyō)^{←さん (san, historical)←さむ (samu, ancient)}
• Kan’on: さん (san, Jōyō)^{←さん (san, historical)←さむ (samu, ancient)}
• Kun: みつ (mitsu, 参つ)

Compounds

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) し​ん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕĩɴ]

Proper noun

参 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana しん, rōmaji Shin)

1. (astronomy) the Three Stars constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions

   Synonyms: 參宿 (Shin-shuku), 唐鋤星 (Karasuki-boshi)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) さ​ん [sáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sã̠ɴ]

Noun

参 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana さん, rōmaji san)

1. (Zen Buddhism) a gathering of Zen members in meditation, preaching, and invocation

Proper noun

参 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana さん, rōmaji San)

1. (astronomy) the Three Stars constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions

   Synonyms: 參宿 (San-shuku), 唐鋤星 (Karasuki-boshi)

2. a surname

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さん [sàń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sã̠ɴ]

Numeral

参 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana さん, rōmaji san)

1. (law) Financial form of 三 (san): three, 3