Add, Join or Canada

by Nao

kuwa-eru, kuwa-waru, ka

When you add something, the activity can be expressed by the verb kuwaeru. When somebody or something joins a group, the movement is expressed by the verb kuwawaru. The former is transitive; the latter, intransitive.

When you cook and add some ingredients like salt, sugar, etc., you can say, “shio wo kuwaeru,” “satō wo kuwaeru,” etc. Shio is salt; satō, sugar.

Adding an extra finishing touch to your painting or crafted work is expressed as “te wo kuwaeru.” It literally means to add the hand.

When you join a game, your activity is expressed as “gēmu ni kuwawaru.” Gēmu is written in katakana.

This character also indicates Canada. Formerly, the “ka” sound was expressed by this character. “Ka” in hiragana looks like this character.

1. Draw the hook with an upward turn.
2. Draw the sweeping stroke.
3. Begin to draw the right-hand side of the character. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
4. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
5. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.