Kilo Lingo

加

jiā

Traditional: 加

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Translation

to add, to plus

Stroke order

Stroke order for 加

加

Examples

。

I want to take part in this competition.

！。

Come on, you can do it!

。

She joined a new company.

糖táng。

Please add a little more sugar.

五wǔ。

Two plus three equals five.

加 (jiā) means to add. The literal sense survives in maths and refuelling (加油), and the metaphorical sense in 参加 (to join in) and 加入 (to enter a group).

Related words

参加

to participate in, to attend, to join

加入

join, become a member of

加油

come on, keep it up; to refuel

Appears in 3 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 加.

参加cān jiāto participate in, to attend, to join加油jiā yóucome on, keep it up; to refuel加入jiā rùjoin, become a member of

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