增 — Chinese character
增
zēng
to increase; to expand; to augment; to add
- Pinyin
- zēng
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 土 曾
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 曾
- Japanese
- 增 as a kanji
Common words with 增
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 增强 (增強) | zēng qiáng | to increase; to strengthen |
| 新增 | xīn zēng | to add (sth new); newly added; additional |
| 增多 | zēng duō | to increase; to grow in number |
| 增设 (增設) | zēng shè | to add to existing facilities or services |
| 增进 (增進) | zēng jìn | to promote; to enhance |
| 增添 | zēng tiān | to add; to increase |
| 增大 | zēng dà | to enlarge; to amplify |
| 增值 | zēng zhí | to appreciate (financially); to increase in value |
| 增产 (增產) | zēng chǎn | to increase production |
| 增长率 (增長率) | zēng zhǎng lǜ | growth rate (esp. in economics) |
English words written with 增
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.