増
commonincrease; add; augment; gain; promote
Radical: 土 (earth). Strokes: 14画. Elements: 田土日并. . Hangul: 증 [jeung]. Nanori: まし / ますmashi / masu.
Jōyō Kanji 5th Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| ゾウZŌ | 増量【ぞうりょうzōryō】increased volume or quantity 増長【ぞうちょうzōchō】growing impudent; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad) 累増【るいぞうruizō】successive or progressive increases; cumulative increase |
| ますmasu | 増す【ますmasu】to increase; to grow 増す増す【ますますmasumasu】increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less 建て増す【たてますtatemasu】to extend (building); to build on |
| ましmashi | 割り増し【わりましwarimashi】premium; bonus; extra wages; (after a number) tenths increase 方が増し【ほうがましhōgamashi】I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference |
| ふえるfueru | 増える【ふえるfueru】to increase; to multiply 体重が増える【たいじゅうがふえるtaijūgafueru】to gain weight |
| ふやすfuyasu | 増やす【ふやすfuyasu】to increase; to add to; to augment 人手を増やす【ひとでをふやすhitodewofuyasu】to add to the staff; to increase the staff |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 5897 | – | Unicode |
| 33-93 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-3-11 | – | SKIP |
| 3b11.3 | – | TKD |
| 4816.6 | – | Four Corner |
| 1478 | – | De Roo |
| 1137 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 1088 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 677 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 483 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 502 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 298 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 2077 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 693 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 5448P | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 3 p. 249 |
| 741 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 712 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 665 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 441 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 763 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 797 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 365 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 429 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 388 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 514 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |