加

加 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大尸口 (KSR), four-corner 4600₀, composition ⿰力口)

• 𪟗 伽 咖 哿 嗧(𰇠) 䪪 嘉 㚙 妿 㚳 𡶐 㤎 㧝 拁 架 枷 毠 泇 㹢 珈 𥑆 痂 瘸 䂟 耞 𧊀 茄 笳 𦙲 袈 賀(贺) 跏 迦 鉫 𩶛 駕(驾) 鴐(𫛤) 䴥
• 㔔 㔖 乫 㠰 㖙

• か
• カ
• 𛀘

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 146, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2297
• Dae Jaweon: page 329, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 366, character 1
• Unihan data for U+52A0

Historical forms of the character 加
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Shuowen: ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 力 (“strength”) + 口 (“mouth”) — exaggerate; slander.

Sun Changxu: ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 力 (“plowing”) + 口 (“mouth”) — to put more effort. 口 here indicates exclamations or breath associated with the effort.

駕 (OC *kraːls, “to yoke”) is the exopassive of 加 (OC *kraːl, “to add; to attach”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan ཁྲལ (khral, “to impose a tax”), Burmese ကြား (kra:, “between”).

加

1. to put on top of another object
2. to add; to put in

   加鹽／加盐  ―  jiā yán  ―  to add salt

3. to increase; to raise
4. to impose; to foist; to grant
5. placed after a monosyllabic adverb to indicate an increase in the degree; more
6. (arithmetic) to add

   Antonym: 減／减 (jiǎn)

7. (social media) to friend

   掃碼加我／扫码加我  ―  sǎomǎ jiā wǒ  ―  scan the QR code to friend me

   加你微信  ―  jiā nǐ Wēixìn  ―  to add your WeChat

8. Used in transcription.

   加蓬  ―  Jiāpéng  ―  Gabon

   孟加拉  ―  Mèngjiālā  ―  Bangladesh

   加沙地帶／加沙地带  ―  Jiāshā dìdài  ―  Gaza Strip

   加利福尼亞／加利福尼亚  ―  Jiālìfúníyà  ―  California

   邦加羅爾／邦加罗尔  ―  Bāngjiāluó'ěr  ―  Bengaluru

   加拉加斯  ―  Jiālājiāsī  ―  Caracas

   加百列  ―  Jiābǎiliè  ―  Archangel Gabriel

   貢扎加／贡扎加  ―  Gòngzhājiā  ―  House of Gonzaga

   維加鳥科／维加鸟科  ―  Wéijiā niǎokē  ―  Vegaviidae

   1. Short for 加拿大 (Jiānádà, “Canada”).

      美加邊界／美加边界  ―  Měi Jiā biānjiè  ―  Canada-United States border

9. a surname

• (to add): 添 (tiān), (colloquial) 續／续 (xù)
• (to increase):

• (to friend): (Hong Kong Cantonese) add

• “加”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. add, addition, increase
2. Canada

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
• Kun: くわえる (kuwaeru, 加える, Jōyō)、くわわる (kuwawaru, 加わる, Jōyō)

• (Tokyo) か [kà] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠]

加(か) • (ka) 

1. addition

加(か) • (ka) 

1. addition
2. Short for カナダ (“Canada (a country)”).
3. (US) Short for 加州 (“California (a state of the United States)”).

加 (eumhun 더할 가 (deohal ga))

1. hanja form^? of 가 (“to add”)

1. 加入 (가입)
2. 加濕機 (가습기)
3. 追加 (추가)
4. 增加 (증가)
5. 參加 (참가)
6. 添加 (첨가)

加: Hán Nôm readings: gia^[1], chơ^[2]

1. (chiefly in compounds) to increase, to add