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The character 加 (jiā) combines 力 (lì), meaning strength or effort, on the left with 口 (kǒu), meaning mouth or speech, on the right. This pairing originally suggested shouting encouragement to apply greater effort during a difficult task. From that core idea of adding extra exertion, its meaning expanded to cover concepts like adding numbers, increasing amounts, appending items, or applying something to an existing base.
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我在咖啡里加糖。
他参加了比赛。
明天我要加班。
天气冷，加件衣服吧。
因为工作多，我们得加班。
如果你参加活动，记得提前报名。
经济增长速度加快。
通过技术创新，生产效率显著增加。