加

See also: 另

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 力 + 口 (“mouth”), "to praise".

Han character

加 (radical 19 力+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大尸口 (KSR), four-corner 4600₀, composition ⿰力口)

Derived characters

• 伽 架 枷 迦 茄 珈 笳 袈 痂 跏 駕

Descendants

• か
• カ

References

• KangXi: page 146, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2297
• Dae Jaweon: page 329, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 366, character 1
• Unihan data for U+52A0

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Buyeo

Noun

加 (ga)

1. king

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		加

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiā (jia¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ka
• Min Nan (POJ): ke / ka
• Wu (WT Romanisation): ka (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: chia¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ka
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga1
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke / ka
    • Tâi-lô: ke / ka
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴/, /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke³⁴/, /ka³⁴/
  • Note: ke - vernacular, ka - literary.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: ka (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kᴀ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (加, reconstructed)
Character (加), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古牙切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣa/	/ka/	/ka/	/kɯa/	/kaɨ/	/ka/	/ka/

Old Chinese pronunciation (加, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
加								jiā								‹ kæ ›								/*kˤraj/								add
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
加					5873					加					歌					1					嘉					/*kraːl/

Definitions

加

1. add to, increase, augment

Compounds

Derived terms

加倍 (jiābèi) 加護病房／加护病房 (jiā hù bìngfáng) 加蓬 (Jiāpéng) 加強／加强 (jiāqiáng) 加油 (jiāyóu) 加油站 (jiāyóuzhàn)

References

• (Hakka) Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

加

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: か (ka)
• Kun: くわえる (kuwaeru), くわわる (kuwawaru)

Compounds

Derived terms

加官 (かかん, kakan) 加虐 (かぎゃく, kagyaku) 加減 (かげん, kagen) 加減乗除 (かげんじょうじょ, kagenjōjo) 加護 (かご, kago) 加工 (かこう, kakō) 加算 (かさん, kasan) 加餐 (かさん, kasan) 加持 (かじ, kaji) 加日 (かにち, kanichi) 加水分解 (かすいぶんかい, kasuibunkai) 加勢 (かせい, kasei) 加増 (かぞう, kazō) 加損 (かそん, kason) 加担 (かたん, katan) 加点 (かてん, katen) 加奈陀 (かなだ, kanada) 加熱 (かねつ, kanetsu) 加年 (かねん, kanen) 加筆 (かひつ, kahitsu) 加法 (かほう, kahō) 加味 (かみ, kami) 加盟 (かめい, kamei) 加養 (かよう, kayō) 参加 (さんか, sanka) 添加 (てんか, tenka)

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Korean

Hanja

加 (ga) (hangeul 가, McCune-Reischauer ka)

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Vietnamese

Han character

加 (gia, chơ)

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