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増

Kanji 増: meaning "increase", readings, stroke order

The kanji 増 means "increase". On'yomi: ゾウ; kun'yomi: ます、ふえる、ふやす. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
increase
On'yomi
ゾウ
Kun'yomi
ますふえるふやす
Strokes
14
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
增 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 増

  • 増える ふえる — To increase (intrans.)
  • 増える ふえる — To increase
  • 増やす ふやす — To increase
  • 増加 ぞうか — increase, addition
  • 増す ます — to increase, to gain
  • 激増 げきぞう — sudden increase
  • 増減 ぞうげん — increase and decrease, fluctuation
  • 増大 ぞうだい — increase, growth
  • 増強 ぞうきょう — reinforce, increase
  • 増進 ぞうしん — promoting, increase, advance
  • ~増し ~まし — ~increase

Stroke order · 14 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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