参

参 (radical 28, 厶+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈大竹竹竹 (IKHHH), composition ⿱⿱厶大彡)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 164, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3090
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 386, character 15
• Unihan data for U+53C2

Simplified from 參, which is in turn simplified from 曑.

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 參)

1. jagged, uneven
2. carrot, ginseng
3. add, increase, join (a group, etc.)
4. go (for a specific purpose, for example)
5. Alternative spelling of 三 (san): 3, three
6. Short for 参議院 (Sangi-in): the House of Councillors (upper house of the Diet)
7. Mikawa Province

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)
From Middle Chinese 參 (MC ʃˠiɪm, “Three Stars mansion; carrot, ginseng”) and 參 (MC t͡ʃʰˠiɪm, “jagged, uneven”):

• Go-on: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: しん (shin)^{←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)}
• Kun: まいる (mairu, 参る, Jōyō)^{←まゐる (mawiru, historical)}; まいらす (mairasu, 参らす)^{←まゐらす (mawirasu, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 參 (MC t͡sʰʌm, “add, influence, join”):

• Go-on: そん (son)^{←そん (son, historical)←そむ (somu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: さん (san, Jōyō)^{←さん (san, historical)←さむ (samu, ancient)}
• Kun: まじえる (majieru, 参える)^{←まじへる (maziferu, historical)}; まじわる (majiwaru, 参わる)^{←まじはる (mazifaru, historical)}
• Nanori: はかる (hakaru)

From Middle Chinese 參 (MC sɑm, “3, three”):

• Go-on: さん (san, Jōyō)^{←さん (san, historical)←さむ (samu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: さん (san, Jōyō)^{←さん (san, historical)←さむ (samu, ancient)}
• Kun: みつ (mitsu, 参つ); みっつ (mittsu, 参つ)

/ɕʲim/ → /ɕimʉ/ → /ɕiɴ/

From Middle Chinese 參 (MC ʃˠiɪm).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) し​ん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕĩɴ]

参 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana しん, rōmaji Shin)

1. (Chinese astronomy) the Three Stars constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions

   Synonyms: 參宿 (Shin-shuku), 唐鋤星 (Karasuki-boshi)

/t͡ɕam/ → /t͡samʉ/ → /saɴ/

From Middle Chinese 參 (MC t͡sʰʌm).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) さ​ん [sáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sã̠ɴ]

参 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana さん, rōmaji san)

1. (Zen Buddhism) a gathering of Zen members in meditation, preaching, and invocation

参する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參する, suru conjugation, hiragana さんする, rōmaji san suru)

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   Synonym: 拘る (kakawaru)

参 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana さん, rōmaji San)

1. (Chinese astronomy) the Three Stars constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions

   Synonyms: 參宿 (San-shuku), 唐鋤星 (Karasuki-boshi)

2. a surname

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さん [sàń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sã̠ɴ]

参 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 參, hiragana さん, rōmaji san)

1. (law) Financial form of 三 (san): 3, three

This form of 3 is only used in legal documents.