Keyword
to add
- to append
- to increase
- to replenish
- Frequency
- #1740
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 忝 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
添加
to add; to increase
增添
to add; to increase
添
to add; to increase; to replenish
添加剂
additive; food additive
锦上添花
(lit.) to add flowers to brocade (idiom); (fig.) to make sth good even better; to add an extra (often nonessential) benefit or embellishment
添麻烦
to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience
添乱
(coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience
添置
to buy; to acquire; to add to one's possessions
添加物
additive
如虎添翼
lit. like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power (idiom)
添油加醋
(lit.) to add oil and vinegar (idiom); (fig.) to embellish; to exaggerate (a story, a narration etc)
平添
to add or gain sth without additional effort; to add sth without good cause
添砖加瓦
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom); fig. to do one's bit to help
加油添醋
to add interest (to a story); to sex up
画蛇添足
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it
加添
to add; to augment; to increase
添补
to fill (up); to replenish
添堵
to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.); to make traffic congestion even worse
添丁
to add a son to the family
二一添作五
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning); to share fairly between two parties; to go fifty-fifty