increase, add
On'yomi (音読み)
- ゾウ
- ショウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- ふ.える
- ふ.やす
About this kanji
The kanji 増 means "increase" or "add." It is often used as a verb, such as in 増える (ふえる), which means "to increase," and 増やす (ふやす), meaning "to increase something." You can also find it in the noun 増加 (ぞうか), which refers to an "increase" or "growth." This kanji is useful in everyday conversation when discussing things like population growth, business profits, or amounts of food. A helpful note is that when you use 増, it emphasizes a positive change or growth, contrasting with kanji that might imply a decrease.
Built from
Example sentences
新しいメンバーが増えました。
New members have increased.
Meanings across languages
- English
- increase, add
- Tiếng Việt
- tăng, thêm
- 日本語
- 増加, 増す
- 한국어
- 증가
- 中文
- 增加
- id
- penambahan
- th
- การเพิ่มขึ้น
- es
- aumento
- fr
- augmentation
- de
- Zuwachs
- pt
- aumento
Common compounds
- 増加ぞうかincrease, addition
- 増えるふえるto increase
- 増やすふやすto increase, to add
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