| 1735 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1228 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1631 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1668 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1283 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1419 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1508 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1149 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 635 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 788 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 461 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 587 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 898 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10203 | Morohashi |
| 639 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1765 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 889 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 954 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1622 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1108 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 微 【ビ】 minuteness, one millionth
- 微細 【ビサイ】 minute, fine, detailed, subtle
- 細微 【サイビ】 minute, meager, meagre, mean
- 翠微 【スイビ】 approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside, view of a light green mountain, mountain that appears green from afar
Kun reading compounds
- 微か 【かすか】 faint, dim, weak, slight, vague, indistinct, hazy, poor, wretched, meagre, meager, scanty
Readings
- Japanese names:
- み
- Korean:
- mi
Spanish
- insignificante
- diminuto
- pequeño
- secreto
Portuguese
- delicado
- miudeza
- insignificancia
French
- ténu
- délicat
- insignifiant
| 2066 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 2824.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5fae | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |