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増 = 曽 + 土
増 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “increase”. It is built from 曽 (formerly) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 541.
- Keyword
- increase
- RTK frame
- 541
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ゾウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ま.す, ま.し, ふ.える, ふ.やす
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- увеличение
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 増 increase
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 増 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “formerly” + “soil”. 増 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 増 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.