蔘

See also: 參

蔘	U+8518, 蔘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8518

← 蔗
[U+8517]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蔙 →
[U+8519]

Translingual

Han character

蔘 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈戈竹 (TIIH), four-corner 4420₂, composition ⿱艹參)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31795
Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3286, character 10
Unihan data for U+8518

Chinese

trad.		蔘
simp.		𦲞
alternative forms		𦼒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (參) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
篸	ʔsluːm, ʔsluːms
參	sʰluːm, sʰluːms, sloːm, sʰrum, *srum
驂	*sʰluːm
傪	sʰluːm, sʰluːmʔ
慘	*sʰluːmʔ
黲	sʰluːmʔ, sʰloːmʔ
謲	*sʰluːms
毿	*sluːm
蔘	sluːm, srum
犙	sluːm, sru, *srɯu
糝	*sluːmʔ
槮	sluːmʔ, sʰrum, srum, srumʔ
鬖	*sloːm
摻	sruːm, sruːmʔ
醦	sruːmʔ, sʰrumʔ
縿	*sroːm
穇	*sroːm
嵾	*sʰrum
磣	*sʰrumʔ
墋	*sʰrumʔ
曑	*srum
瘮	*srumʔ
滲	*srums

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shen
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹
  - Yale: shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
  - Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: srim

Rime
Character	蔘
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所今切
Baxter	srim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjim/
Li Rong	/ʃjəm/
Wang Li	/ʃĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*srum/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔘
Reading #	2/2
No.	1110
Phonetic component	參
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	森
Old Chinese	/*srum/

Definitions

蔘

alternative form of 參 / 参 (“ginseng”)
(of trees or vegetation) towering; dense

Compounds

人蔘 / 人𦲞 (rénshēn)
萷蔘 / 萷𦲞
蕭蔘 / 萧𦲞

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sān (san¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sān
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: san
  - Wade–Giles: san¹
  - Yale: sān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san
  - Palladius: сань (sanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: som

Rime
Character	蔘
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇含切
Baxter	som
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/səm/
Shao Rongfen	/sɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səm/
Li Rong	/sᴀm/
Wang Li	/sɒm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/săm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sluːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔘
Reading #	1/2
No.	1090
Phonetic component	參
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	毿
Old Chinese	/*sluːm/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

蔘

used in 蔘綏／𦲞绥

Japanese

Kanji

蔘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しん (shin)
Kan-on: しん (shin)
Kun: にんじん (ninjin)

Compounds

蔘精(じんせい) (jinsei, “ginseng extract”)

Korean

Hanja

蔘 • (sam) (hangeul 삼, revised sam, McCune–Reischauer sam, Yale sam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蔘: Hán Nôm readings: sâm

Noun

蔘

ginseng