Memory phrase for the Kanji: 参


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Meaning

participate, attend, go, come, visit

Pronunciation

SAN
mairu

Explanation

From top: Nose , big , hairy (Originally this was the image of a woman = く with long hair (possibly with hairpins ?), with the meaning: beautiful)

Mnemonic

Where the simplified woman with the 'big' hair is, I would like to participate.

Radicals

noseIs typically understood as a nose in a sideview which is directed to the left.
bigA person with wide spread arms and legs appears big.
hairThe radical sanzukuri shows three hair.
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Vocabulary

 参る  まいる  to go,to come, (modest form of 行く, 来る)
 参加  さんか  participation
 宮参り  みやまいり  visit a shrine
 人参  にんじん  a carrot
 参考  さんこう  reference, consultation
 参議院  さんぎいん  House of Councillors
 参上  さんじょう  calling on, visiting
 参照  さんしょう  reference, consultation, consultation
 持参  じさん  bringing, taking, carrying

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