加

See also: 叻 and 另

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 加
Bronze inscriptions	Bamboo and silk script	Large seal script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraːl): phonetic 力 ‎(OC *rɯɡ) + 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 (Sixian, PFS): kâ
• Min Nan (POJ): ke / ka
• Wu (Wiktionary): ka (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: chia¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹
    • IPA: /ka²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke / ka
    • Tâi-lô: ke / ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kef, kaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴/, /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴/, /ka⁴⁴/
    • Note: ke - vernacular, ka - literary.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ka (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kᴀ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠa/▼

Rime
Character	加
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古牙切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/ka/
Wang Li	/ka/
Bernard Karlgren	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*kˤraj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːl/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	加
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiā
Middle Chinese	‹ kæ ›
Old Chinese	/*kˤraj/
English	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	加
Reading #	1/1
No.	5873
Phonetic component	加
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嘉
Old Chinese	/*kraːl/

Verb

加

1. (arithmetic) to add
2. to add to, increase, augment

   加鹽 / 加盐  ―  jiāyán  ―  to add salt

Antonyms

• 減／减 (jiǎn, “to subtract”)

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

• (Min Nan) “Entry #1393”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

加

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. add, addition, increase
2. Canada

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)

Definitions

1. To add

Compounds

1. 加入 (가입)
2. 加濕機 (가습기)
3. 追加 (추가)
4. 增加 (증가)
5. 參加 (참가)
6. 添加 (첨가)

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Vietnamese

Han character

加 (gia, chơ)

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