Onyomi: ゾウ · Kunyomi: ふ.える, ふ.やす, ま.し, ま.す · Meanings: add, augment, gain, increase, promote
Kanji for add, augment, gain, increase, promote
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増 is formed from the earth radical 土 on the left, and the character 曾 on the right. The earth radical relates to land or physical matter, while 曾 carries the sense of piling up or adding layers. Together, they express the idea of adding more onto something that already exists. From this, 増 came to mean to increase, add, or grow in amount.
増 shows adding more to what already exists, meaning to increase.
増 is used when the amount becomes larger than before. It means something is added on top of what already exists. Remember 増 as the idea of making more or increasing in number or size.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 増 | ぞう | increase | Noun |
| 増える | ふえる | to increase, to multiply | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 増加 | ぞうか | increase, rise, growth, addition, increment | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 益々 | ますます | increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 増す | ます | to increase, to grow | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verb, Transitive verb |
| 増大 | ぞうだい | enlargement, increase | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 増やす | ふやす | to increase, to add to, to augment | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 増し | まし | better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst | common JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 増進 | ぞうしん | promoting, increase, advance | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 増強 | ぞうきょう | reinforcement, augmentation, strengthening, increase, buildup | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |