加 (jiā)
to add/plus
How 加 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 力 — power/force
- Traditional
- 加
- Simplified
- 加 (unchanged)
Components
Common words using 加
- 加入 jiārù
- to become a member; to join; to mix into
- 加油 jiāyóu
- to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel
- 參加 cānjiā
- to participate; to take part; to join
- 增加 zēngjiā
- to raise; to increase
- 更加 gèngjiā
- more (than sth else); even more
- 加上 jiāshàng
- plus; to put in; to add
- 加以 jiāyǐ
- in addition; moreover; (before polysyllabic verb) to handle it
- 加倍 jiābèi
- to double (output); to redouble (efforts)
- 加大 jiādà
- to increase (e.g. one's effort)
- 加州 jiāzhōu
- California
- 加工 jiāgōng
- to process; processing; working (of machinery)
- 加強 jiāqiáng
- to reinforce; to strengthen; to increase
加 in a sentence
喝咖啡的時候，我不喜歡加糖。
Hē kāfēi de shíhòu, wǒ bù xǐhuān jiātáng.
“When drinking coffee, I don't like to add sugar.”
How common is 加?
加 is the 166th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 51.9% of all running text.
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