U+53C2 "参" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
3
Script Extensions
Han
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
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
kSMSZD2003Index
82.12
kTang
*chrim shrim tsom
kTGHZ2013
031.060:cān 033.070:cēn 330.080:shēn
kTotalStrokes
8
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
GHJ
kXHC1983
0102.040:cān 0110.050:cēn 1018.010:shēn
kJapaneseOldVariant
U+53C3