増
KANJI DETAIL
increase
On readingぞう14 strokesN2
Radical 土 · earthStroke order
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Japanese readings
- On reading
- ぞう
- Kun reading
- ます, ふえる, ふやす
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
増expresses an increase in number or amount; its on-reading isぞう. - Basic usage:
増える(ふえる)describes an increase occurring, while増やす(ふやす)describes increasing a number or amount.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- An increasing number and added variety
公園を訪れる人が増えるmeans that more people visit the park. It focuses on the change in the number of people.花の種類を増やしたmeans that someone increased the varieties of flowers.増やすcan express adding variety as well as increasing the number of individual things.