variant of 參|参[can1]

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a bib number.

The King of Chu takes part in a marathon starting in front of the anthill, and he already fixed his bib number to his shirt. Right next to him there is a mysterious, huge person fixing their bib number to their shirt. It is a big robot in disguise to be allowed to participate. The robot disguised itself with a fake nose and a long fake Santa Clause beard.
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

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a bib number.

The King of Chu takes part in a marathon starting in front of the anthill, and he already fixed his bib number to his shirt. Right next to him there is a mysterious, huge person fixing their bib number to their shirt. It is a big robot in disguise to be allowed to participate. The robot disguised itself with a fake nose and a long fake Santa Clause beard.
ginseng / one of the 28 constellations
old variant of 參|参[can1]

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a bib number.

The King of Chu takes part in a marathon starting in front of the anthill, and he already fixed his bib number to his shirt. Right next to him there is a mysterious, huge person fixing their bib number to their shirt. It is a big robot in disguise to be allowed to participate. The robot disguised itself with a fake nose and a long fake Santa Clause beard.
variant of 參|参[shen1]
variant of 參|参[shen1]
used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]

参 character breakdown

old variant of 某[mou3]
old variant of 私[si1]

Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
"bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59)

= 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a fake Santa Clause beard.

= 丿 : In front of the anthill Sherlock Holmes wants to eat a banana, but he can't because of his fake Santa Clause beard.
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

= + : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 参 as component

miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy

= + : The King of Chu (c) decided to take part in a drinking contest in the anthill (an3). There he sits with his bib number (参) on his back making a miserable (惨) impression. To force himself to drink more he hits himself with a flail (忄).
to seep / to ooze / to horrify

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is horrified (渗) to find that he accidentally emptied his water bottle (氵) over his bib number (参) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), and now he'll have to run the race with a seeping (渗) bib number on his body.
variant of 攙|搀[chan1] / to mix
to grasp
carangid (zoology)
outside horses of a team of 4
lush growth (trees) / fishing using bundled wood (archaic)
long-haired / shaggy
to terrify
gritty (of food) / unsightly
to mix (of powders)
dark / dim / gloomy / bleak

Words with 参

Vladivostok / Ming and Qing name for Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克 and the province around it
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
to consult / to refer to / to read (instructions)
to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor
abbr. for 參議院|参议院[can1 yi4 yuan4], senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
frame of reference / coordinate frame (math.)
Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] / also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]
Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[Zeng1 zi3], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]
hemlock (Conium maculatum)
ladybell root (Radix adenophorae)
(computing) actual parameter; argument (abbr. for 實際參數|实际参数[shi2 ji4 can1 shu4])
(computing) actual parameter; argument
(computing) actual parameter / argument / abbr. for 實際參數|实际参数[shi2 ji4 can1 shu4]
(computing) actual parameter / argument
Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM)
parametrization by arc length (of a space curve)

Sentences with 参

kuài
qù
ca̅n
jiàn
yù
dì