# 加 — add; join

加 means “add; join”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 5 strokes. On'yomi: カ (ka). Kun'yomi: くわ(える) (kuwaeru). You'll see it in words such as 加わる (kuwawaru, “to be added to; to be appended”).

- Meaning: add; join
- On'yomi: カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi: くわ(える) (kuwaeru)
- Strokes: 5
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Numbers & amounts 1

## How to remember 加

Power (力) and a mouth (口) cheering it on: they add up.

Parts: 力 power · 口 mouth; box

## Words with 加

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 加わる | くわわる (kuwawaru) | to be added to; to be appended |
| 加える | くわえる (kuwaeru) | to add; to add up |
| に加えて | にくわえて (nikuwaete) | in addition |

## Don't confuse it with

[別](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/separate/)

## More in the “Numbers & amounts 1” set

[全](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/whole/) · [最](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/most/) · [約](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/promise/) · [総](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/overall/) · [加](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/add/) · [数](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/number/) · [第](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ordinal-number/) · [増](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/increase/) · [各](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/each/)

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