添(tiān)

HSK 611 strokes

to add

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Character information

Pinyin
tiān
Meaning
to add; to increase; to replenish
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 添 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵忝

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 忝 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

氵shuǐ忝tiǎn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 添 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 添

Common words using 添 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zēng增tiān添
HSK 7-9

to add; to increase

Open 增添 page →
tiān添jiā加
HSK 7-9

to add; to increase

Open 添加 page →
huà画shé蛇tiān添zú足
HSK 7-9

lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous

Open 画蛇添足 page →
jiā加tiān添

to add; to augment; to increase

Open 加添 page →
píng平tiān添

to add or gain sth without additional effort; to add sth without good cause

Open 平添 page →
jiā加yóu油tiān添cù醋

to add interest (to a story)

Open 加油添醋 page →
rú如hǔ虎tiān添yì翼

lit. like a tiger that has grown wings

Open 如虎添翼 page →
tiān添dīng丁

to add a son to the family

Open 添丁 page →

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丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 添’s common words

增加画蛇足平油醋

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