Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

添: annexed, accompany

Also: marry, suit, meet, satisfy, attach, append, garnish, imitate

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 忝 is drawn in

11 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

テンten · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 添乗てんじょうaccompanying (on a trip)
  • 添加てんかaddition; annexing
  • 添付てんぷ
  • 添削てんさくcorrection; looking over; touching up
  • 添加物てんかぶつadditive

そえるsoeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 添えるそえるto garnish
  • 付き添いつきそいattendance (on); chaperonage

そうsou · kun'yomi

  • 添うそうto meet (wishes, expectations, etc.)

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tiān

Same form: 添 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
添 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
添 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin tiān 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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