苦參

liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

three (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

to take part in / to participate / to join / to attend / to counsel / unequal / varied / irregular / uneven / not uniform / abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House

ginseng / one of the 28 constellations

used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]