増

増 — increase, add, augment

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 14
Taught in: School year 5
Frequency: #231 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ぞう zou
Kun'yomi: ま.す ma.su

ま.し ma.shi

ふ.える fu.eru

ふ.やす fu.yasu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 増

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