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加 — to add; plus; to increase

to add; plus; to increase; to augment; ")

Pinyin
jiā · Jiā
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — jiā, Jiā — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 加: 5 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

加 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 加 in the HSK syllabus: 29

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 参加cānjiāto participate; to take part; to joinHSK 3
  2. 加jiāCanadaHSK 3
  3. 更加gèngjiāmore; even moreHSK 4
  4. 加班jiābānto work overtimeHSK 4
  5. 加快jiākuàito accelerate; to speed up; to hastenHSK 4
  6. 加强jiāqiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhanceHSK 4
  7. 加入jiārùto become a member; to join; to mix intoHSK 4
  8. 加上jiāshàngplus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add intoHSK 4
  9. 加油jiāyóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuelHSK 4
  10. 加油站jiāyóuzhàngas stationHSK 4
  11. 增加zēngjiāto raise; to increaseHSK 4
  12. 加工jiāgōngto process; processing; workingHSK 5
  13. 加热jiārèto heatHSK 5
  14. 加深jiāshēnto deepenHSK 5
  15. 加速jiāsùto accelerate; to speed up; to expediteHSK 5
  16. 加倍jiābèito double; to redoubleHSK 6
  17. 加剧jiājùto intensifyHSK 6
  18. 加以jiāyǐto apply; to carry out; to take action to; to apply; to giveHSK 6
  19. 加重jiāzhòngto make heavier; to emphasizeHSK 6
  20. 添加tiānjiāto add; to increaseHSK 6
  21. 附加fùjiāadditional; annexHSK 7–9
  22. 加紧jiājǐnto intensify; to speed up; to step upHSK 7–9
  23. 加盟jiāméngto join an alliance; to join a sports team; to join a franchise; to join the cast of a movie; to sign with a labelHSK 7–9
  24. 加之jiāzhīmoreover; in addition to thatHSK 7–9
  25. 强加qiángjiāto impose; to force uponHSK 7–9
  26. 施加shījiāto exertHSK 7–9
  27. 添加剂tiānjiājìadditive; food additiveHSK 7–9
  28. 雪上加霜xuěshàng-jiāshuāngto make matters even worse; to add insult to injuryHSK 7–9
  29. 愈加yùjiāall the more; even more; furtherHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.