増 – increase, add, augment

14 strokesTaught in grade 5#231 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 増 means increase, add, augment, gain, promote. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゾウ (zou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ま.す、ま.し、ふ.える、ふ.やす (masu, mashi, fueru, fuyasu). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゾウ	zou
Kun’yomi	ま.す	masu
Kun’yomi	ま.し	mashi
Kun’yomi	ふ.える	fueru
Kun’yomi	ふ.やす	fuyasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 田・土・日・并.

Words using 増

増えるふえるto increase増加ぞうかincrease増すますto increase増やすふやすto increase増減ぞうげんincrease and decrease増大ぞうだいenlargement激増げきぞうsharp increase増強ぞうきょうreinforcement増進ぞうしんpromoting増しましbetter

Example sentences

ここの交通量は増えた。

The traffic has built up here.

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犯罪率は着実に増加している。

The crime rate is rising steadily.

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その知らせで彼の不安が増した。

The news added to his anxiety.

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Kanji with the same radical

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