The kanji 加: meaning, readings and stroke order

加

Meaning: add, join
On reading: カ ka
Kun reading: くわ（える） kuwaeru、くわ（わる） kuwawaru
Strokes: 5
Radical: 力 power, force
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thêm vào, tham gia (gia)
Japanese: くわえる。くわわる。
Korean: 더하다, 끼다 (가)
Chinese: 加、加入

Readings, words and example sentences

カ ka · on reading

参さん加か
taking part
学校の会に 参さん加かします。
I take part in a school meeting.

くわ（える） kuwaeru · kun reading

加くわえる
to add
二に三を 加くわえます。
I add three to two.

くわ（わる） kuwawaru · kun reading

加くわわる
to join
新しい人が組に 加くわわりました。
A new person joined our group.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.