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添

添 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. そう、そえる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」 + 音符「忝」。「そえる」を意味する漢語｛添｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

annexed, accompany, marry, suit, meet, satisfy, attach, append, garnish, imitate

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テンJHS
Kun (native)
  • そ(える)JHS
  • そ(う)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • そえ
  • ぞい
Other languages
  • 拼音tian1
  • 한글cheom
  • Hán-ViệtThiêm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6DFB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵忝

Words using this kanji

  • 添加物てんかぶつある物に後から加えられる物質。additive
  • 添乗てんじょう団体旅行などで乗客の世話をするために付き添い、乗り物に同乗すること。accompanying (on a trip), escorting (a tour group)
  • 添加てんか付け加えること。付け加わること。 薬剤や物質などを混入すること。addition, annexing
  • 添付てんぷ書類に他の参考となるものなどを添えて付けること。attaching (documents, etc.), appending, affixing
  • 添削てんさく他者が作成した文章や詩歌、答案などに加筆したり、削除したりして直すこと。correction, looking over, touching up
  • 添うそう「そう」を参照。to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.), to satisfy, to comply with, to live up to
  • 添えるそえるto garnish, to accompany (as a card does a gift), to add to as support, to prop up
  • 添え物そえものaddition, supplement
  • 添字そえじ「添え字」を参照。subscript, superscript, index
  • 添書てんしょ使者に持たせる書状。 贈答の物品につける手紙。 文書などに書き添えること。accompanying note or letter, postscript
  • 添水そうずwater-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied
  • 添配てんぱいornament, etc. accompanying a bonsai
  • 添加剤てんかざいaddition agent
  • 添乗員てんじょういん添乗を職業とする人。tour conductor, tour guide
  • 添え木そえぎsplint, brace, epithesis, splice
  • 添え状そえじょうaccompanying note
  • 添え乳そえぢbreast-feeding
  • 添い寝そいねそいね 参照co-sleeping, sleeping together
  • 添い星そいぼしChinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), (natural) satellite, moon
  • 添い歯そいばdouble tooth, protruding tooth (like a fang)

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