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増 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
ゾウぞう · zō
Kun
ま(す)・ふ(える)・ふ(やす)ma(su) · fu(eru) · fu(yasu)
Meaning
to increase; add

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

土 "earth" plus 曾 "to pile up"; heaping soil higher and higher — hence "to increase."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゾウぞうzō増減ぞうげん増加ぞうか激増げきぞう
Kunますmasu増すます水増しみずまし
Kunふえるfueru増えるふえる

Compare: 殖える

Kunふやすfuyasu増やすふやす

Compare: 殖やす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 増加ぞうか

    increase

  • 急増きゅうぞう

    sharp increase

More words with this kanji

  • 増刷ぞうさつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この町(まち)の人口(じんこう)が増(ふ)えている。

The town's population is increasing.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading ゾウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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