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参 means 'visit'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 365   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-9    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 23    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 121 words   Used in 259 words   Used in 98 names   Component in 3 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   サン
Kun
   まいる to visit, go, come
Additional readings
On    シン
Kun    まい-   まじわる   みつ
Name    み
Variants
叅   參  
Components
⿱  ⿱  厶 (ム) private  大 big  彡 fur  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 参 is used 14 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 参 is used 253 times, read 3 ways (with 3 variations).
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サン : 198 words FIND ALL
さ ん か 0
participation
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シン (read as じん) : 18 words FIND ALL
に ん じ ん 0
noun
1. carrot (Daucus carota)  (often written with kana only)
2. Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)  (see also: 朝鮮人参; often written with kana only)
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サン (read as ざん) : 4 words FIND ALL
し ん ざ ん 0
newcomer; tyro
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シン : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 二十八宿, 白虎; astronomy, etc. term)
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まいる : 29 words FIND ALL
ま い る 1
Most common form: まいる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go; to come; to call  (humble; often written with kana only)
2. to be defeated; to collapse; to die
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まいる (read as まいり) : 1 word FIND ALL
は つ ま い り 3
first shrine visit of the New Year  (see also: 初詣)
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An additional 6 less common words include 参 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 517 (originally: 490)  Joy o' Kanji : 490  Key to Kanji: 395 

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参
サン   まいる to visit, go, come   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
厶
ム   private
彡
fur, bristles, beard   
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