| 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 |
stipend, salary
- On:
- ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1834 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 俸 【ホウ】 salary
- 俸給 【ホウキュウ】 salary (esp. public employees), wages, pay
- 号俸 【ゴウホウ】 gradational salary
- 増俸 【ゾウホウ】 salary increase, raise
Readings
- Korean:
- bong
Spanish
- remuneración
- salario
- paga
Portuguese
- estipêndio
- salário
French
- traitement
- salaire
| 1797 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1914 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 480 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1842 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1054 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1542 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1644 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1427 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 114 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 128 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 84 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 734 | Morohashi |
| 114 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 249 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1574 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1696 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1305 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2155 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a8.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 2525.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ff8 | Unicode hex code |