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Kanji Detail for 添 - "to accompany, to add"

添

  • Meaning

    添 means "to accompany, to add."

    1. To add - To attach; to supplement.

    2. To accompany - To stay close; to become married and live together.

  • Words using 添

    • 付き添い つきそい Listen attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant
    • 食品添加物 しょくひんてんかぶつ Listen food additive
    • 添加物 てんかぶつ Listen additive
    • 添乗 てんじょう Listen accompanying (on a trip); escorting (a tour group)
    • 添加 てんか Listen addition; annexing
    • 巻き添え まきぞえ Listen getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement
    • 添削 てんさく Listen correction; looking over; touching up
    • 添う そう Listen to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with

  • Four-character idioms with 添

    • 画蛇添足 がだてんそく Listen making an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily
    • 錦上添花 きんじょうてんか Listen adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater glory

  • Tattoo check: 添

    • Verified meaning: to accompany, to add
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そえ, てん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 添

    Given names 添(そえ)Listen 添(てん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    annexed; accompany; marry; suit; meet; satisfy; attach; append; garnish; imitate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    append, add to; increase

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to add; to increase; to replenish

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to add, to append, to increase, to replenish

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To increase. Making the small become many.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ten(テン) テン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    so.eru(そ-える) そ-える

    so.u(そ-う) そ-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to add to accompany attach supplement append adjoin annex augment include insert affix tack on

Sentences including 添

  • He was not able to marry her.

  • The result of the examination fell short of our expectations.

  • I'm glad i could help.

  • He failed to come up to our expectations.

  • The boy was accompanied by his parents.

  • Put in a good word for me.

  • She has no one to wait on her.

  • He put in a good word for me.

  • Please put in this way.

  • The result fell short of our expectations.

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