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加 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「力」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「力」
On
カか · ka
Kun
くわ(える)・くわ(わる)kuwa(eru) · kuwa(waru)
Meaning
to add; join; increase

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

力 (power) + 口 (mouth): adding words of encouragement, hence "to add."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカかka加入かにゅう加減かげん追加ついか
Kunくわえるkuwaeru加えるくわえる
Kunくわわるkuwawaru加わるくわわる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 参加さんか

    participation

  • 追加ついか

    addition

More words with this kanji

  • 増加ぞうか
  • 加減かげん
  • 添加てんか
  • 匙加減さじかげん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

リレーに参加(さんか)した。

I took part in the relay race.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

参加追加加参partic…追chase功achiev…努to str…労labor勇courag…力power果fruit貨goods課lesson下down火fire
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 力Map of reading カAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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