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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Han character

(radical 28 +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈大竹竹竹 (IKHHH))

  1. take part in, intervene
  2. second syllable of ginseng (renshen) and Codonopsis pilosula (dangshen)

[edit] 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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(traditional , Yale chaam1 sam1)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Noun

(hiragana さん, romaji san)

  1. (law) 3, three

[edit] Usage notes

This form of 3 is only used in legal documents.


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , , revised sam, cham, McCune-Reischauer sam, ch'am)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(traditional , pinyin cān (can1), shēn (shen1), Wade-Giles ts'an1)

[edit] Compounds

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