増 Kanji – increase
The Japanese kanji 増 can mean increase, add, augment, gain, promote.
Meaning and Readings
How is 増 read?
増 has the onyomi reading ゾウ and the kunyomi readings ます, まし, ふえる, ふやす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as zou, masu, mashi, fueru, fuyasu.
Common Japanese Words Using 増
These common Japanese words contain 増. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 急増（きゅうぞう） — rapid increase, proliferation, surge, explosion
- 水増し（みずまし） — dilution, watering down
- 増す（ます） — to increase, to grow
- 増員（ぞういん） — increasing the number of staff, hiring more people
- 増加（ぞうか） — increase, rise, growth, addition, increment
- 増強（ぞうきょう） — reinforcement, augmentation, strengthening, increase, buildup
- 増減（ぞうげん） — increase and decrease, fluctuation
- 増刷（ぞうさつ） — additional printing (esp. of books, etc.), additional run
- 増産（ぞうさん） — increase in production, production increase
- 増資（ぞうし） — increase of capital