Chinese symbol for “increase”
增强
zēng qiáng
Traditional: 增強
to increase; to strengthen
The closest CC-CEDICT match for increase is 增强 (zēng qiáng), defined as: to increase; to strengthen.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “increase”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增 | zēng | (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to |
| 加大 | jiā dà | to increase (e.g. one's effort) |
| 增多 | zēng duō | to increase; to grow in number |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 增强.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 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 |
| 加强 (加強) | jiā qiáng | to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 强烈 (強烈) | qiáng liè | strong; intense |
See also: Japanese symbol for “increase”.
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.