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增
zēng
to increase; to expand; to augment; to add
🔤 Pictophonetic:
土 (earth) provides meaning, 曾 provides pronunciation
HSK 4
15 strokes
Very Common (4%)
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⿰土曾
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tǔ
土
soil, earth; items made of earth
📷 Pictographic:
A lump of clay on a potter's wheel
3 strokes
HSK 5
céng
曾
already, formerly, once; the past
💡 Ideographic:
A rice cooker on heat 日, building up steam 丷 and letting it off
12 strokes
HSK 5
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
6 strokes
yī
一
one; a, an; alone
💡 Ideographic:
Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1
1 strokes
HSK 1
Words Using 增 (75)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
增加
↗
zēngjiā
to raise / to increase
4
zēngjiā
增加
↗
HSK 4
to raise / to increase
增添
↗
zēngtiān
to add / to increase
6
zēngtiān
增添
↗
HSK 6
to add / to increase
递增
↗
dìzēng
to increase by degrees / in increasing order / incremental / progressive
6
dìzēng
递增
↗
HSK 6
to increase by degrees / in increasing order / incremental / progressive
与日俱增
↗
yǔrìjùzēng
to increase steadily / to grow with each passing day
6
yǔrìjùzēng
与日俱增
↗
HSK 6
to increase steadily / to grow with each passing day
增
↗
zēng
to increase / to expand / to add
zēng
增
↗
to increase / to expand / to add
增援
↗
zēngyuán
to reinforce
zēngyuán
增援
↗
to reinforce
增多
↗
zēngduō
to increase / to grow in number
zēngduō
增多
↗
to increase / to grow in number
增大
↗
zēngdà
to enlarge / to amplify / to magnify
zēngdà
增大
↗
to enlarge / to amplify / to magnify
激增
↗
jīzēng
to increase rapidly / to shoot up
jīzēng
激增
↗
to increase rapidly / to shoot up
增益
↗
zēngyì
to increase / gain (electronics)
zēngyì
增益
↗
to increase / gain (electronics)