Kanji N3

加: add, addition, increase

加 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning add, addition, increase, written with 5 strokes. It is read カ (on) and くわえる, くわわる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 参加 (さんか, participation) and 増加 (ぞうか, increase).

加

Meanings

  • add
  • addition
  • increase
  • join
  • include
  • Canada
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#130 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • くわえる
  • くわわる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 加

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 参加さんか

    participation; joining; entry

    JLPT N3
  • 増加ぞうか

    increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

    JLPT N3
  • 加わるくわわる

    to be added to; to be appended

    JLPT N3
  • 加えるくわえる

    to add; to add up; to sum up; to append

    JLPT N3
  • 加減かげん

    degree; extent; amount; balance; state

    JLPT N3
  • 亜米利加アメリカ

    (United States of) America; United States; US

    JLPT N4
  • 阿弗利加アフリカ

    Africa

    JLPT N4
  • 追加ついか

    addition; supplement; appending; appendix

    JLPT N2

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.