| 665 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 763 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 741 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 298 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1137 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 693 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 441 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2077 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 712 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 725 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 429 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 388 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 836 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 483 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 514 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5448P | Morohashi |
| 677 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1088 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 502 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 541 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 365 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 797 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 増 【ゾウ】 increase
- 増員 【ゾウイン】 increasing the number of staff, hiring more people
- 激増 【ゲキゾウ】 sharp increase, sudden rise
- 累増 【ルイゾウ】 successive or progressive increases, cumulative increase
Kun reading compounds
- 増す 【ます】 to increase, to grow
- 益々 【ますます】 increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
- 増し 【まし】 better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst, more, increase, extra, increase, growth
- 況して 【まして】 still more, to say nothing of, not to mention, still less
- 増える 【ふえる】 to increase, to multiply
- 増やす 【ふやす】 to increase, to add to, to augment
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まし、 ます
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
- incremento
- aumento
- aumentar
- incrementar
- agregar
- añadir
Portuguese
- aumentar
- somar
- ganhar
- promover
French
- augmenter
- ajouter
- accroissement
- gain
- promouvoir
| 1478 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 4816.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5897 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
407 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 額 【ガク】 (picture) frame, framed picture, amount (esp. of money), sum
- 額面 【ガクメン】 face value, par
- 定額 【テイガク】 fixed amount (of money), fixed sum, flat sum
- 税額 【ゼイガク】 amount of tax
Kun reading compounds
- 額 【ひたい】 forehead, brow
- 額当て 【ひたいあて】 (military) headband with reinforced metal plate, red headband
- 広い額 【ひろいひたい】 high brow, broad forehead
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぬか
- Korean:
- aeg
Spanish
- frente
- cantidad de dinero
- marco de un cuadro
Portuguese
- testa
- tablete
- placa
- quadro emoldurado
- soma
- quantia
- volume
French
- front
- tablette
- plaque
- peinture (encadrée)
- somme
- montant
- volume
| 748 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 665 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 635 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 522 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5136 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 749 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1010 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2756 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 838 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 857 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 861 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1892 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2273 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1174 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1604 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 301 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43586 | Morohashi |
| 1805 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6644 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 295 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 316 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 821 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 761 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a9.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-9 | SKIP code |
| 3168.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 984d | Unicode hex code |