增 — readings, stroke count and radical

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 増える。
  2. 埋蔵金。
  3. 「橧」の通字。木を集める。
  4. 「憎」の通字。嫌悪する。
  5. 「贈」の同字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「土」+音符「曾」。「ふえる」を意味する漢語{增}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

increase, add to, augment

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゾウ
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • ます
  • ふえる
  • ふやす
Other languages
  • 拼音zeng1

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 3
Unicode
U+589E

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-12
Nelson
1137