IDENTITY
添tiānto add; to increase
HSK 5Top 3000
CORE MEANING
to add; to increase
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to addHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 氵water radical (shuǐ)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰氵忝
- water; topping up a cup with water
- gives the sound tiān (historical)
USAGE
Common words
添加tiānjiāto add
增添zēngtiānto increase
Graded examples
天冷了，多添件衣服。Tiān lěng le, duō tiān jiàn yīfu.HSK5
It is cold; put on another layer.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 舔
LEARNING
Memory aid
Pouring water (氵) in to top it up — adding.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #3000
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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