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Translingual
Han character
蔘 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈戈竹 (TIIH), four-corner 44202, composition ⿱艹參)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31795
- Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3286, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8518
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 篸
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*ʔsluːm, *ʔsluːms
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| 參
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*sʰluːm, *sʰluːms, *sloːm, *sʰrum, *srum
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| 驂
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*sʰluːm
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| 傪
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*sʰluːm, *sʰluːmʔ
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| 慘
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*sʰluːmʔ
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| 黲
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*sʰluːmʔ, *sʰloːmʔ
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| 謲
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*sʰluːms
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| 毿
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*sluːm
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| 蔘
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*sluːm, *srum
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| 犙
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*sluːm, *sru, *srɯu
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| 糝
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*sluːmʔ
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| 槮
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*sluːmʔ, *sʰrum, *srum, *srumʔ
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| 鬖
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*sloːm
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| 摻
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*sruːm, *sruːmʔ
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| 醦
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*sruːmʔ, *sʰrumʔ
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| 縿
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*sroːm
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| 穇
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*sroːm
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| 嵾
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*sʰrum
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| 磣
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*sʰrumʔ
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| 墋
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*sʰrumʔ
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| 曑
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*srum
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| 瘮
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*srumʔ
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| 滲
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*srums
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蔘
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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1110
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Phonetic
component
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參
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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森
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Old
Chinese
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/*srum/
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Definitions
蔘
- Alternative form of 參／参 (“ginseng”)
- (of trees or vegetation) towering; dense
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蔘
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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1090
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Phonetic
component
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參
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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毿
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Old
Chinese
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/*sluːm/
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| Notes
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見方言
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Definitions
蔘
- Used in 蔘綏／𦲞绥.
Japanese
Kanji
蔘
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
蔘 • (sam) (hangeul 삼, revised sam, McCune–Reischauer sam, Yale sam)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蔘: Hán Nôm readings: sâm
Noun
蔘
- ginseng