增 (zēng)
To increase; to add; to gain.
How 增 is written
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 土 — earth
- Traditional
- 增
- Simplified
- 增 (unchanged)
Common words using 增
- 增加 zēngjiā
- to raise; to increase
- 增多 zēngduō
- to increase; to grow in number
- 增強 zēngqiáng
- to increase; to strengthen
- 增添 zēngtiān
- to add; to increase
- 增速 zēngsù
- to speed up; to accelerate; growth rate (economics)
- 增進 zēngjìn
- to promote; to enhance; to further
- 增長 zēngzhǎng
- to grow; to increase
- 增高 zēnggāo
- to heighten; to raise; to increase
- 倍增 bèizēng
- to double; to redouble; to increase many times over
- 劇增 jùzēng
- dramatic increase
- 增值 zēngzhí
- to appreciate (financially); to increase in value; value-added (accountancy)
- 增值稅 zēngzhíshuì
- value-added tax (VAT)
增 in a sentence
這個城市的人口正在增加。
Zhè gè chéngshì de rénkǒu zhèngzài zēngjiā.
“The population of this city is increasing.”
How common is 增?
增 is the 446th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 73.4% of all running text.
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