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participate 参
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Originally this was the image of a kneeling woman 女 = くノ 一 with long hair 彡 (possibly with hairpins 八 ?), with the meaning: beautiful.
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参
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| attend, participate, join, irregular
cān, shēn, cēn
参
厶
大
彡
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From top: nose ム (a nose in side view), big 大, hairy 彡 (Originally this was the image of a kneeling woman 女 = くノ一 with long hair 彡 (possibly with hairpins 八 ?), with the meaning: beautiful)
Where the kneeling woman ム with the big hair is, I would like to participate.
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惨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| miserable, wretched, cruel, inhuman, tragic
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Left: feeling 忄, right: to participate 参 (Where the simplified woman ム with the big 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
The feeling that my nose is big and hairy makes me miserable.
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渗
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to seep, infiltrate, permeate, to horrify
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Left: water 氵, right: participate 参 (Where the simplified woman ム with the big 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
If water participates, it seeped in.
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掺
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to mix, to blend, to grasp
chān, shǎn
扌
参
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Left: hand 扌, right: participate 参 (Where the simplified woman ム with the big 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
A hand that participates is: mixing.
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