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

N1 墳 fun tomb, mound, tombeau N1 塑 so / deku model, molding, plastique N1 塡 ten, chin / hama.ru, uzu.meru, ha.meru, fusa.gu fill in, fill up, make good N3 報 hou / muku.iru report, news, reward N4 場 jou, chou / ba location, place, lieu N1 壊 kai, e / kowa.su, kowa.reru, yabu.ru demolition, break, destroy N1 塁 rui, rai, sui / toride bases, fort, rampart N1 塚 chou / tsuka, -zuka hillock, mound, butte N1 壁 heki / kabe wall, lining (stomach), fence

Word

Words with this kanji

N1 増強 zoukyou reinforce, increase N1 増進 zoushin promoting, increase, advance N1 ～増し～mashi ~increase N2 激増 gekizou sudden increase N2 増減 zougen increase and decrease, fluctuation N2 増大 zoudai increase, growth N3 増加 zouka increase, growth, addition N3 増やす fuyasu to increase (v.t.), to add to N3 増す masu to increase, to gain

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 N4 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