Chinese

參加

/t͡sʰän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
to participate; to take part; to attend
  • TOCFL 3
  • 参加

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  • characterChinese參 “(Chinese astronomy) Three Stars mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)”
    • simplified fromChinese曑
    • ideaChinese晶 “brilliant; glittering”
    • ideaChinese光 “light; beam; ray (Classifier: 束 m; 道 m)”
      • ideaChinese火 “fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團／团 m)”
      • ideaChinese卩 “kneeling person”
    • soundChinese㐱
    • ideaChinese彡 “hair”
  • characterChinese加 “to put on top of another object”
    • ideaChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”

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