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 N1
674 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 益 【エキ】 benefit, use, good, advantage, gain, profit, gains
- 益金 【エキキン】 profit
- 増益 【ゾウエキ】 increased (profit)
- 公益 【コウエキ】 public interest, public benefit, public good
- 益 【エキ】 benefit, use, good, advantage, gain, profit, gains
- 益体もない 【ヤクタイモナイ】 useless, worthless, silly, trivial
- 現世利益 【ゲンセリヤク】 benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings, happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings
Kun reading compounds
- 益々 【ますます】 increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
- 増す 【ます】 to increase, to grow
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まし、 ます
- Korean:
- ig
Spanish
- beneficio
- ganancia
- ventaja
- provecho
Portuguese
- benefício
- ganho
- lucro
- vantagem
French
- bénéfice
- gain
- profit
- avantage
742 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
648 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
619 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
825 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
597 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
631 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1553 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1201 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
716 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
729 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
921 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1370 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2849 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1468 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1978 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1899 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
22972P | Morohashi |
2285 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3891 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1881 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2026 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
707 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
974 | 2001 Kanji |
2o8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-7 | SKIP code |
2-5-5 | SKIP code |
2-2-8 | SKIP code |
8010.7 | Four corner code |
1-17-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
76ca | Unicode hex code |