Keyword
admit defeat
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1856
Old form參
Readings
さん
(75%)
まい
(20%)
ざん
(1%)
み
(1%)
Composed of
arm of a bodybuilder
large
a patch of hair
Mnemonic

You might be a large person, but if you get hit in the head by an arm of a bodybuilder so hard that you'll get flattened into a patch of hair on the ground, well, the only thing you can do now is to admit defeat.

Used in kanji (2 in total)
misery
horse mackerel
Used in vocabulary (331 in total)
participation; joining; entry
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
participant; entrant; player; competitor
Examples (200 in total)
However, if there is something you want to participate in, I will gladly go along with it.
I'd be happy to join in too.
It has been decided that I will participate.