Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N3
231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 14
Meaning: increase, add, augment, gain, promote
Kunyomi: ま.す, ま.し, ふ.える, ふ.やす
Onyomi: ゾウ
Composition: 土 曽
Radical: 土
Reading: つちへん
Meaning: earth
Strokes: 3
Reading: つちへん
増加する(ぞうかする) increase in number [v.i.]
増大する(ぞうだいする) increase in size [v.i.]
増減する(ぞうげんする) increase and decrease [v.i.]
増税する(ぞうぜいする) raise taxes
急増する(きゅうぞうする) increase rapidly
倍増する(ばいぞうする) double [v.i., v.t.]
増す(ます) increase [v.i., v.t.]
増える(ふえる) increase [v.i.]
増やす(ふやす) increase [v.t.]
増 (ゾウ) increase
増員 (ゾウイン) increasing the number of staff, hiring more people
激増 (ゲキゾウ) sharp increase, sudden rise
累増 (ルイゾウ) successive or progressive increases, cumulative increase
増す (ます) to increase, to grow
益々 (ますます) increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
増し (まし) better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst, more, increase, extra, increase, growth
況して (まして) still more, to say nothing of, not to mention, still less
増える (ふえる) to increase, to multiply
増やす (ふやす) to increase, to add to, to augment