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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1362 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 植民地 【ショクミンチ】 colony, (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
- 植民 【ショクミン】 colonization, colonisation
- 増殖 【ゾウショク】 increase, multiplication, propagation, proliferation
- 生殖 【セイショク】 reproduction
Kun reading compounds
- 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:
- うえ、 え、 げ
- Korean:
- sig
Spanish
- aumentar
- incrementar
- crecer
Portuguese
- aumentar
- aumento
- multiplicar
- levantar
French
- croître
- augmenter
- multiplier
- élever
1426 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1647 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2448 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1396 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1453 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1867 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1506 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1607 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1540 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1137 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1253 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
680 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
819 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16502 | Morohashi |
994 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2981 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
811 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
874 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1557 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3175 | 2001 Kanji |
5c7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-8 | SKIP code |
1421.6 | Four corner code |
1-31-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b96 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
- 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
- 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
- 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
- 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
- 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
- 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
- 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
Kun reading compounds
- 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- sexo
- género
- naturaleza
- temperamento
Portuguese
- sexo
- gênero
- natureza
French
- sexe
- genre
- nature
- propriétés
645 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
745 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
723 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
199 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1666 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
280 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
535 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
564 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
98 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
98 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
421 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
811 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
357 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
222 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
266 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1572 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10478 | Morohashi |
299 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1822 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1558 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1679 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
119 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
690 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1172 | 2001 Kanji |
4k5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
1-1-7 | SKIP code |
9501.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6027 | Unicode hex code |