増 — kanji meaning “increase”
増
increase, add, augment, gain, promote
- Meanings
- increase, add, augment, gain, promote
- On'yomi
- ゾウ (zou)
- Kun'yomi
- ま.す、ま.し、ふ.える、ふ.やす
- Name readings
- まし、ます
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #231 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- zēng
Words with 増
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 増加 | ぞうか zouka | increase; rise; growth |
| 増える | ふえる fueru | to increase; to multiply |
| 増し | まし mashi | better; preferable; less objectionable |
| 増税 | ぞうぜい zouzei | tax increase |
| 増大 | ぞうだい zoudai | enlargement; increase |
| 急増 | きゅうぞう kyuuzou | rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation |
| 増やす | ふやす fuyasu | to increase; to add to; to augment |
| 倍増 | ばいぞう baizou | doubling; double |
| 増殖 | ぞうしょく zoushoku | increase; multiplication; propagation |
| 増減 | ぞうげん zougen | increase and decrease; fluctuation |
| 増強 | ぞうきょう zoukyou | reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening |
| 水増し | みずまし mizumashi | dilution; watering down |
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