Chinese symbol for “growth”
增殖
zēng zhí
growth; increase
The closest CC-CEDICT match for growth is 增殖 (zēng zhí), defined as: growth; increase.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “growth”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 成长 (成長) | chéng zhǎng | to mature; to grow |
| 发育 (發育) | fā yù | to develop; to mature |
| 涨幅 (漲幅) | zhǎng fú | extent of a rise (in prices etc); amount of increase |
| 肿块 (腫塊) | zhǒng kuài | swelling; growth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 增殖.
| 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 |
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
| 殖民 | zhí mín | colony; colonial |
See also: Japanese symbol for “growth”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.