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叁

sān

Character Traditional 參

What 叁 means

1. three (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Other readings

叁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sānvariant of {叁|sān}

Example sentences

• 叁加吧！
  Enlist!
• 我会叁加。
  I'll attend.
• 你会叁加吗？
  Will you join us?
• 快来叁加吧！
  So take part!
• 请叁看第十页。
  Please refer to page ten.
• 我叁加帆船社。
  I belong to the sailing club.

Sounds the same

Read sān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 三three; 3
• 〣numeral 3 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 弎archaic variant of 叁, banker's anti-fraud numeral three
• 毵long-haired; shaggy
• 鬖wild hair
• 叄variant of 叁

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• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sān correctly.
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