The kanji 増: meaning, readings and stroke order

増

Meaning: increase
On reading: ゾウ zou
Kun reading: ま（す） masu、ふ（える） fueru、ふ（やす） fuyasu
Strokes: 14
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 5 · grade 5
Old form: 增

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tăng thêm (tăng)
Japanese: ふえる。ふやす。
Korean: 늘다, 늘리다 (증)
Chinese: 增加 (增)

Readings, words and example sentences

ゾウ zou · on reading

増ぞう加か
increase
この町は人口が 増ぞう加かしています。
The population of this town is growing.

ま（す） masu · kun reading · less common

増ます
to increase, to rise
大雨で川の水が 増ましました。
The heavy rain made the river rise.

ふ（える） fueru · kun reading

増ふえる
to increase, to grow
この町にすむ人が 増ふえました。
More people live in this town now.

ふ（やす） fuyasu · kun reading

増ふやす
to increase (something)
読む本を少しずつ 増ふやします。
Little by little, I read more books.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.