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参加

さんか

participation

Mnemonic

You put your own power and your mouth in with the ones already going. The same 参 that takes you along humbly in 参る, and by Sunday you are running a marathon you never trained for: さんか.

Built from

participate
Three streaks under a head, a figure falling in with something already under way rather than starting it.
add
力 power + 口 mouth

Words sharing these kanji

to go, to come (humble form) to add, to include

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