増
- Meaning
- increase, add, augment, gain, promote
- On reading
- ゾウzou
- Kun reading
- ますmasuましmashiふえるfueruふやすfuyasu
- Strokes
- 14
- Learned in
- Grade 5 of elementary school in Japan
増 in names
When I turn a name into kanji, I use 増 for the sound “zo” (ぞ) or “masu” (ます).
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