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加 — add, addition, increase

か加 add

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes math

U+52A0 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #130 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #932 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

add
addition
increase
join
include
canada

word

か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

加(か) ka addition 参(さん) 加(か) sanka participation 追(つい) 加(か) tsuika addition 加(か) 工(こう) kakou processing 加(か) 入(にゅう) kanyuu joining 加(か) 速(そく) kasoku acceleration 付(ふ) 加(か) fuka addition 加(か) 害(がい) kagai inflicting harm

くわ kuwa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

加(くわ) える kuwaeru to add 加(くわ) わる kuwawaru to join 付(つ) け加(くわ) える tsukekuwaeru to add

Appears in idioms

新しいページを加える慣用句

さじ加減慣用句

the spoon's adding and reducing

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
5

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ちから力 power #19

くち口 mouth #30

Used as component in (2)

が賀 congratulations か架 erect

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.