Hanja Analyzer
加

加 — ga

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
더할 가
Romanization
ga
English
add to, increase, augment
Mandarin
jiā
Japanese on'yomi
カ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
くわ.える くわ.わる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#130 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
力 (19, 3 residual)
Unicode
U+52A0

Parts that make up 加

  • 力 힘 력 힘줄이 선 팔힘과 힘써 하는 일
  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍

How 加 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 加 as a ideographic compound involving 力, 口.

Korean example words with 加

  • 가죄加罪 Korean gloss: 죄에 죄를 더함
  • 가학加虐 Korean gloss: 남을 못살게 굶
  • 가계加階 Korean gloss: 품계를 올리던 일
  • 증가增加 Korean gloss: 양이나 수치가 늚
  • 가세加勢 Korean gloss: 힘을 보태거나 거듦
  • 가획加劃 Korean gloss: 원글자에 획을 더함
  • 가금加金 Korean gloss: 본래의 값에 덧붙이는 돈
  • 가외加外 Korean gloss: 일정한 기준이나 정도의 밖
  • 가속加速 Korean gloss: 점점 속도를 더함. 또는 그 속도
  • 가파加派 Korean gloss: 사람들을 보낸 뒤에 다시 더 보냄
  • 가령加齡 Korean gloss: 새해가 되어 나이를 한 살 더 먹음
  • 가료加療 Korean gloss: 병이나 상처 따위를 잘 다스려 낫게 함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 加

  • 加盟かめい joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation
  • 参加さんか participation; joining; entry
  • 増加ぞうか increase; rise; growth
  • 追加ついか addition; supplement; appending
  • 参加者さんかしゃ participant; entrant; player
  • 加入かにゅう joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry
  • 加工かこう manufacturing; processing; treatment
  • 加か addition; Canada
  • 加速かそく acceleration; speeding up
  • 付加ふか addition; annexation; appendage
  • 加点かてん adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
  • 加害者かがいしゃ perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor

Characters sharing the phonetic 加

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “가” in Korean.

Other hanja read “가”

Other hanja with radical 力

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