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Animated Stroke Order 参

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How to write 参 — animated stroke order

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3.

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4.

How to Use 参

Participate or take part in an activity

Words where 参 means 'to participate, to take part in'.

参加 • cān jiā • to take part • HSK 3

HSK 3

5.

HSK Vocabulary: 参

参赛 • cān sài • to compete

HSK 3.0 · L4

cān参

sài

6.

Example Sentences

rén人

shēn参

shì是

yì一

zhǒng种

zhēn珍

guì

Information

Pinyincān

Meaningto participate, to join, to refer

Strokes8

Radical厶

Traditional參

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#418

Zhuyinㄘㄢ

UnicodeU+53C2

CangjieIKHH

cān参

jiā加

to take part

参观 • cān guān • to visit (a place; a museum; etc.) • HSK 4

HSK 4

cān参

guān观

to visit (a place; a museum; etc.)

参与 • cān yù • to take part; to participate in • HSK 5

HSK 5

cān参

yù与

to take part; to participate in

Consult or refer to something

Words where 参 means 'to consult, to refer to'.

参考 • cān kǎo • to consult; to refer to • HSK 5

HSK 5

cān参

kǎo考

to consult; to refer to

参照 • cān zhào • refer to; consult • HSK 6

HSK 6

cān参

zhào照

refer to; consult

参见 • cān jiàn • Pay a visit / call on • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

cān参

jiàn见

Pay a visit / call on

赛

to compete

参展 • cān zhǎn • to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc

HSK 3.0 · L6

cān参

zhǎn展

to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc

参谋 • cān móu • staff officer; adviser

HSK 6

cān参

móu谋

staff officer; adviser

贵

de的

zhōng中

yào药

cái材

。

Ginseng is a precious Chinese medicinal herb.

Tā他

cān参

yǎn演

le了

zhè这

bù部

xīn新

diàn电

yǐng影

。

He participated in this new movie.

nǐ你

kě可

yǐ以

cān参

kǎo考

zhè这

běn本

shū书

lái来

xué学

xí习

。

You can refer to this book for learning.

Wǒ我

men们

xū需

yào要

tiáo调

zhěng整

shí实

yàn验

de的

cān参

shù数

cái才

néng能

dé得

dào到

zhǔn准

què确

jié结

guǒ果

。

We need to adjust the parameters of the experiment to get accurate results.

wǒ我

míng明

tiān天

yào要

cān参

jiā加

yí一

gè个

huì会

yì议

。

I will attend a meeting tomorrow.

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Characters pronounced "can".

残cánincomplete, damaged, or cruel
惭cánashamed, feel guilty
灿cànbright, brilliant, resplendent
蚕cánsilkworm
惨cǎnmiserable, tragic, cruel
餐cānto eat; a meal

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Characters with radical "厶".

篡cuànusurp
叁sānthree (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
县xiàncounty
去qùto go

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