加
See also: 叻 and 另
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Translingual
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Han character
加 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大尸口 (KSR), four-corner 46000, composition ⿰力口)
Derived characters
- 𪟗 伽 咖 哿 嗧 䪪 嘉 㚙 妿 㚳 𡶐 㤎 㧝 拁 架 枷 毠 泇㹢 珈 𥑆 痂 瘸 䂟 耞 𧊀 茄 笳 𦙲 袈 賀 贺 跏 迦 鉫 𩶛 駕 驾 鴐 䴥
- 㔔 㔖 乫 㠰 㖙
Descendants
- か
- カ
- 𛀘
References
- KangXi: page 146, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2297
- Dae Jaweon: page 329, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 366, character 1
- Unihan data for U+52A0
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 加 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 加 | |||
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Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (加) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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妿 | *kaːl, *qaːl |
賀 | *ɡaːls |
迦 | *ka, *kal, *kraːl |
茄 | *ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl |
伽 | *ɡa, *ɡal |
枷 | *ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl |
嘉 | *kraːl |
加 | *kraːl |
笳 | *kraːl |
痂 | *kraːl |
袈 | *kraːl |
跏 | *kraːl |
珈 | *kraːl |
鴐 | *kraːl |
架 | *kraːls |
駕 | *kraːls |
瘸 | *ɡʷal |
According to Shuowen, Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 力 (“plow”) + 口 (“mouth”) - a mouth ordering a cow over a plow.
Etymology
駕 (OC *kraːls, “to yoke”) is the exopassive of 加 (OC *kraːl, “to add; to attach”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan ཁྲལ (khral, “to impose a tax”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
加
- to put on top of another object
- to add; to put in
- 加鹽/加盐 ― jiā yán ― to add salt
- to increase; to raise
- to impose; to foist; to grant
- placed after a monosyllabic adverb to indicate an increase in the degree; more
- (arithmetic) to add
- Antonym: 減/减 (jiǎn)
- (social media) to friend
- 掃碼加我/扫码加我 ― sǎomǎ jiā wǒ ― scan the QR code to friend me
- 加你微信 ― jiā nǐ Wēixìn ― to add your WeChat
- Short for 加拿大 (Jiānádà, “Canada”).
- a surname
Synonyms
- (to add): 添 (tiān), (colloquial) 續/续 (xù)
- (to increase):
edit
Synonyms of 加
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Compounds
Derived terms from 加
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References
- “加”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學/香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
加
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- add, addition, increase
- Canada
Readings
- Go-on: け (ke)
- Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
- Kun: くわえる (kuwaeru, 加える, Jōyō); くわわる (kuwawaru, 加わる, Jōyō)
Compounds
Compounds
- 加虐 (kagyaku)
- 加減 (kagen)
- 加減乗除 (kagenjōjo)
- 加護 (kago)
- 加工 (kakō)
- 加算 (kasan)
- 加餐 (kasan)
- 加持 (kaji)
- 加日 (kanichi)
- 加水 (kasui, “addition of water”)
- 加水分解 (kasuibunkai, “hydrolysis”)
- 加勢 (kasei)
- 加増 (kazō)
- 加担 (katan)
- 加点 (katen)
- 加奈陀 (Kanada, “Canada”)
- 加熱 (kanetsu)
- 加年 (kanen, “addition of years”)
- 加筆 (kahitsu)
- 加法 (kahō)
- 加味 (kami)
- 加盟 (kamei)
- 加養 (kayō)
- 参加 (sanka)
- 添加 (tenka)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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加 |
か Grade: 4 |
kan’on |
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) か [kà] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [ka̠]
Noun
加 • (ka)
- addition
Affix
加 • (ka)
- addition
- Short for 加奈陀 (“Canada (a country)”).
- (US) Short for 加州 (“California (a state of the United States)”).
Korean
Hanja
加 (eumhun 더할 가 (deohal ga))
- Hanja form? of 가 (“to add”).
Compounds
- 加入 (가입)
- 加濕機 (가습기)
- 追加 (추가)
- 增加 (증가)
- 參加 (참가)
- 添加 (첨가)
Vietnamese
Han character
加: Hán Nôm readings: gia[1], chơ[2]
- (chiefly in compounds) to increase, to add
References
- Trần (1999).
- Trần (2004).