蔘 = 艹 + 參

蔘 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “ginseng”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 參 (take part in).

Keyword: ginseng
Pinyin (Mandarin): shēn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: женьшень

Decomposition

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艹 grass
參 take part in

How to find 蔘 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “take part in”. 蔘 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 蔘 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.