加

jiā

to add

Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (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)")

effort (力) + mouth (口) = to add or augment

Speaking up (口) and putting in effort (力) together signals adding more — adding your voice, your strength, your input. The image is of someone actively contributing something to a situation.

力+口→加
力StrengthSemantic
口MouthSemantic

三加二等于五。

sān jiā èr děng yú wǔ。

Three plus two equals five.

这篇文章需要稍加修改才能发表。

zhè piān wén zhāng xū yào shāo jiā xiū gǎi cái néng fā biǎo。

This article needs to be slightly revised before it can be published.

Words with 加

加仓

jiā cāng

(finance) to increase one's position

孟加拉

mèng jiā lā

Bengal

加菲猫

jiā fēi māo

(coll.) flat-faced Persian-type cat (esp. an exotic shorthair)

加勒比海

jiā lè bǐ hǎi

Caribbean Sea

拉斯维加斯

lā sī wéi jiā sī

Las Vegas, Nevada

加德满都

jiā dé mǎn dū

Kathmandu, capital of Nepal

加盟店

jiā méng diàn

franchise store

增加

zēng jiā

to raise; to increase

加拿大

jiā ná dà

Canada

变本加厉

biàn běn jiā lì

lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)

雅加达

yǎ jiā dá

Jakarta, capital of Indonesia

加上

jiā shàng

plus

More characters with 力

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