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参 — to take part in; to participate

to take part in; to participate; to join; to attend; to counsel

Pinyin
cān · cēn · shēn
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — cān, cēn, shēn — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 参: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

参 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 参 in the HSK syllabus: 9

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 参加cānjiāto participate; to take part; to joinHSK 3
  2. 参观cānguānto visit; to tour; to look aroundHSK 4
  3. 参赛cānsàito compete; to take part in a competitionHSK 4
  4. 参考cānkǎoconsultation; reference; to consult; to referHSK 5
  5. 参与cānyùto participateHSK 5
  6. 参展cānzhǎnto exhibit at or take part in a trade show etcHSK 6
  7. 参见cānjiànto refer to; compare; to pay respect toHSK 7–9
  8. 参谋cānmóustaff officer; to give adviceHSK 7–9
  9. 参照cānzhàoto consult a reference; to refer toHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.