U+53C2 "参" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
参
U+53C2 "参" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to participate" or "to join" and is also used to convey the concept of "three" in certain contexts, such as in the word "参星" referring to a star in the Orion constellation. It is a variant of the traditional character "參," sharing meanings like "to consult" or "uneven," and appears frequently in historical texts, as well as in modern terms such as "参加" for "participate" and "参考" for "reference." The character is composed of elements that visually evoke a sense of gathering or entering, reflecting its core semantic associations with involvement and reference.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+53C2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 参 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 参 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8F 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x53C2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000053C2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u53c2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kAccountingNumeric | 3 |
| kCCCII | 27347D |
| kCNS1986 | E-276A |
| kCNS1992 | 3-276A |
| kCangjie | IKHHH |
| kCantonese | caam1 |
| kDefinition | take part in, intervene; ginseng; 21st lunar mansion, determinative star ζ Orionis (Alnitak) |
| kEACC | 27347D |
| kFourCornerCode | 2320.2 |
| kGB0 | 1846 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kHanYu | 10386.150 |
| kHanyuPinlu | cān(525) shēn(25) |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10386.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0164.211 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-324E |
| kIRG_HSource | H-89EB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3B32 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3900 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2629 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-276A |
| kJapanese | サン シン まいる あずかる まじえる まじわる みつ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kTGH | 2013:1334 |
| kJapaneseKun | MAIRU MAJIWARU MITSU |
| kJapaneseOn | SAN SHIN |
| kJis0 | 2718 |
| kKangXi | 0164.211 |
| kKorean | SAM CHAM |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0639 |
| kMandarin | cān |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007981 |
| kMorohashi | 03090 |
| kNelson | 0850 |
| kPhonetic | 23 1101 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2176+28.2.6 C+2176+59.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 28.6 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "参" U+53C2 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 82.12 |
| kTang | *chrim shrim tsom |
| kTGHZ2013 | 031.060:cān 033.070:cēn 330.080:shēn |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "参" U+53C2 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "參" U+53C3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJ |
| kXHC1983 | 0102.040:cān 0110.050:cēn 1018.010:shēn |