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添 — 11 strokes / Radical「氵」

道
4Junior high level / 11 strokes / Radical「氵」
On
テンてん · ten
Kun
そ.える・そ.うso.eru · so.u
Meaning
add; attach

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 忝: to add water — to add, to attach.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onテンてんten添加てんか添付てんぷ添削てんさく
Kunそえるsoeru添えるそえる添え手紙そえてがみ
Kunそうsō添うそう付き添うつきそう

Compare: 沿う

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 添加てんか

    addition (of a substance)

  • 添付てんぷ

    attachment

More words with this kanji

  • 添削てんさく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

手紙(てがみ)に写真(しゃしん)を添(そ)えた。

I attached a photo to the letter.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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