Onyomi: カ · Kunyomi: くわ.える, くわ.わる · Meanings: Canada, add, addition, include, increase, join
Kanji for canada, add, addition, include, increase
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加 is formed from the power radical 力 on the right, and 口 on the left. 力 represents strength or effort, while 口 originally relates to an opening or action. Together, they express the idea of adding strength or increasing something. From this idea, 加 came to mean to add, increase, or supplement.
加 shows adding strength or effort, meaning to add or increase.
加 is used when something is added or increased. It represents adding more to an existing amount or effort. Remember 加 as meaning “to add” or “increase.”
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 加 | か | addition | common Noun |
| 加える | くわえる | to add, to add up, to sum up, to append, to annex | common JLPT-N3 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 加わる | くわわる | to be added to, to be appended | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 加減 | かげん | degree, extent, amount, balance, state, condition | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 加速 | かそく | acceleration, speeding up | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 加入 | かにゅう | joining (a club, organization, etc.), becoming a member, entry, admission, subscription, affiliation, signing (e.g. a treaty), taking out (insurance) | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 加工 | かこう | manufacturing, processing, treatment, machining | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 歌留多 | カルタ | karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 加算 | かさん | addition, adding, supplement | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, Suru verb |
| 加担 | かたん | support, participation, assistance, complicity, conspiracy | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |