Zi:加

加 [jiā] add; increase (​增加); join/attend (​参加); (HDZ:) ​诬​枉, ​夸​大; ​增加, ​增​益 …

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 加 jiā ‘exaggerate’ adds ​力 (lì) ‘strength/force’, to ​口 (kǒu) ‘mouth/speech’: to forcefully assert/exaggerate (unjustly frame sb.), brag/boast, overstate/lie, commend, speak more than the truth (embellish).
    Compare: ​嘉 jiā ‘praise/honor’, formerly wr. 加; ​诬/​誣 wū ‘exaggerate/lie’, SW syn.
    Note: From the old meaning 加 jiā ‘exaggerate’ stem more general meanings, 加 jiā ‘add (on top); increase (size/speed/weight); insert (notes/comments); put/place; exert/use/apply’.
    Note: In the SW entry for 加, DYC emended the gloss ​語​相​增/​譄加, with ​譄 for ​增; cf. ​𬤤/​譄 zēng ‘exaggerate’, in keeping with the SW gloss ​譄: 加.
    “[加] To add ​力 the sinews to the ​口 mouth, violence to persuasion; ​从​力, ​从​口, ​会​意。By extension, to add to, to increase, to insist, to inflict, etc.” —Wieger.
    Compare: ​架 jià ‘frame/rack/shelf’; ​枷 jiā ‘flail; cangue’; ​驾/​駕 jià ‘hitch/yoke up; drive’.
    HDZ: 加 : jiā : (SW: ​語​相​增加; DYC: ​增/​譄) ​诬​枉, ​夸​大; ​增加, ​增​益 (加​大, 加​速, 加​重); ​外加, ​把​本​来​没​有​的​添​上​去 (加​注​解, 加​按​语); ​放​置, ​安​放; ​施​及, ​施加; ​施​用, ​施​行 (​不加​思​索, ​严加​管​束); ​穿​着, ​戴​上 (加​冠); ​欺​侮, ​凌​驾; ​逾​越, ​超​过; (​数​学) ​运​算​方​法 (​二加​三​等​于​五); (​副​词) ​更加, ​愈加; (​连​词) ​何​况, ​甚​至; ​架 (jià): ​支​撑; ​假 (jiǎ): ​借​贷, ​补​贴; (​姓)
    HDC: ​增加 : ​增​添, ​在​原​有​的​基​础​上加​多
►references: Guǎngyùn:166.34; Wieger:53d; Karlgren:AD342,GSR15a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.366.1; Mathews:580; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:146.13; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:021.0.04; EDOC:1
►components: ​力​口​
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