| 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 3
JLPT level N3
359 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 配給 【ハイキュウ】 distribution (e.g. films, rice), rationing (e.g. food, gasoline), food ration
- 配管 【ハイカン】 plumbing, piping
- 無配 【ムハイ】 without dividend
- 宅配 【タクハイ】 home delivery
Kun reading compounds
- 配る 【くばる】 to distribute, to hand out, to deliver, to deal out, to serve out, to allot, to allocate, to place (staff, soldiers, etc.), to station
Readings
- Korean:
- bae
Spanish
- distribuir
- racionar
Portuguese
- distribuir
- cônjuge
- exílio
- racionamento
French
- distribuer
- épouse
- exiler
- rationner
| 299 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 388 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 368 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 304 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4779 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 430 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 971 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1141 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 515 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 524 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 727 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1790 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1853 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 981 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1330 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1448 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39771 | Morohashi |
| 1460 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6163 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1436 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1544 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 308 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 363 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7e3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 1761.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 914d | Unicode hex code |