添
添 — Annexed
annexed, accompany, marry, suit, meet, satisfy
On’yomiテン (ten)
Kun’yomiそえる (soeru)
Kun’yomiそう (sou)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 添
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 付き添い | つきそい tsukisoi | attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant |
| 食品添加物 | しょくひんてんかぶつ shokuhintenkabutsu | food additive |
| 添う | そう sou | to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with |
| 添加 | てんか tenka | addition; annexing |
| 添加物 | てんかぶつ tenkabutsu | additive |
| 添削 | てんさく tensaku | correction; looking over; touching up |
Study notes
添 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1501 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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