Kanji

Level: N3 Strokes: 14

増

Meaning in English

increase, add, augment

Readings

Onyomi: ゾウ Kunyomi: ま.す, ま.し, ふ.える, ふ.やす Romaji: zou / ma.su, ma.shi, fu.eru, fu.yasu

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増

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese aumentar, adicionar, ampliar

Spanish aumentar, añadir, incrementar

Korean 증가시키다, 더하다, 늘리다

French augmenter, ajouter, enrichir

Italian aumentare, aggiungere, incrementare

German erhöhen, hinzufügen, erweitern

Indonesian meningkatkan, menambah, memperkuat

★ Vietnamese tăng lên, thêm vào, bổ sung

Thai เพิ่มขึ้น เพิ่ม เสริม

Kanji

Related kanji

N2 境 kyou, kei / sakai boundary, border, region N1 塾 juku cram school, private school, cours du soir N1 墨 boku / sumi black ink, India ink, ink stick N1 墜 tsui / o.chiru, o.tsu crash, fall (down), s'écraser N1 塞 soku, sai / fusa.gu, toride, mi.chiru close, shut, cover N2 塩 en / shio salt, sel, sal N2 塗 to / nu.ru, nu.ri, mami.reru paint, plaster, daub N1 墓 bo / haka grave, tomb, tombe N1 塊 kai, ke / katamari, tsuchikure clod, lump, chunk

Word

Words with this kanji

N4 増える fueru increase, multiply, grow in number

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N3 人口の増加に伴って交通問題も深刻になっている Jinkou no zouka ni tomonatte koutsuu mondai mo shinkoku ni natte iru As population increases traffic problems worsen N3 人口が増えるにしたがって町もにぎやかになった Jinkou ga fueru ni shitagatte machi mo nigiyaka ni natta As the population increased the town became livelier