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増

増 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ふえる。ふやす。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「增」の異体字。增#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

increase, add, augment, gain, promote

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゾウElem.
Kun (native)
  • ま(す)Elem.
  • ま(し)
  • ふ(える)Elem.
  • ふ(やす)Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • まし
  • ます
Other languages
  • 拼音zeng1
  • 한글jeung
  • Hán-ViệtTăng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5897

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰土曾

Words using this kanji

  • 増加ぞうか数量が増えること。多くなること。 数量を増やすこと。多くすること。increase, rise, growth, addition
  • 増税ぞうぜい新しい税を導入したり、税率を上げるなどして税負担を増やすこと。tax increase
  • 増殖ぞうしょくあるものを増し殖やす（殖える）こと。 生物の個体や組織、細胞などが殖えること。increase, multiplication, propagation, proliferation
  • 増大ぞうだい増えて大きくなること。増やして大きくすること。enlargement, increase
  • 増強ぞうきょう人員や設備を増やして機能を強化すること。reinforcement, augmentation, strengthening, increase
  • 増収ぞうしゅう収入や収穫が増えること。increase in yield
  • 増益ぞうえき利益が増えること。increased (profit)
  • 増額ぞうがくincrease (in an amount of money)
  • 増資ぞうし資本金を増やすこと。increase of capital, issue of new shares
  • 増産ぞうさん生産量を増やすこと。increase in production, production increase
  • 増設ぞうせつ設備や施設を追加して設置すること。adding (equipment, facilities, etc.), establishing more, installing more, increase
  • 増員ぞういん人数・定員を増やすこと。increasing the number of staff, hiring more people
  • 増しましbetter, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst
  • 増進ぞうしん体力や能力が高まること。promoting, increase, advance
  • 増減ぞうげん増えたり減ったりすること。増やしたり減らしたりすること。increase and decrease, fluctuation
  • 増えるふえる「ふえる」を参照。to increase, to multiply
  • 増水ぞうすい水を増やすこと。 水かさが増えること。rising water (of river, lake, etc.), swelling water, increased water, high water
  • 増発ぞうはつincreasing the number (of trains, planes, etc.) in operation, increasing bond issues, increased issue
  • 増やすふやすふやす 参照to increase, to add to, to augment
  • 増刷ぞうさつ一度発行した書物をさらに追加して印刷すること。重刷。additional printing, additional print run, reprint

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-11
Four Corner
4816.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b11.3
Heisig
541
Nelson
1137