漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
加: add, addition
Also: increase, join, include, Canada
JLPT N35 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
力 carries the meaning · 口 is drawn in
5 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- 加減かげんdegree, extent
- 加害者かがいしゃassailant
- 参加者さんかしゃparticipant, entrant
- 付加価値ふかかちadded value
- 加速するかそくするaccelerate
- 加担するかたんするsupport, participate [v.i.]
- 加工するかこうするmanufacture, process, treat
- 参加するさんかするparticipate
- 追加するついかするadd, supplement
- 増加するぞうかするincrease, grow [v.i.]
くわえるkuwaeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 加えるくわえるappend, add, include [v.t.]
くわわるkuwawaru · kun'yomi
- 加わるくわわるgrow, increase, join[v.i.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)力 strength + 口 mouth
Shuowen: ideogrammic compound (會意): 力 (“strength”) + 口 (“mouth”) – exaggerate; slander.
Source: Wiktionary, 加 (rev. 93768408), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Flex your arm and feel the power! That's 力, representing the raw muscle and effort required to change the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiā
Same form: 加 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 加 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 加 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiā most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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