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加

jiā

HSK 3.0 · 2

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jiā · gaa1 (Jyutping)

  1. Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4])
  2. to add
  3. (math.) plus
  4. to increase; to augment
  5. (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
  6. surname Jia

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

加

Meaning
add to, increase, augment
Radical
力
Strokes
5
Components
⿰力口
Cangjie
KSR
Four-corner
4600.0

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