増 increase, add, augment, gain, promote 14 strokes taught in grade 5 old JLPT 2 #231 in newspapers Readings Onゾウ Kunま.す、ま.し、ふ.える、ふ.やす In Chinese 增 Words written with it 増加 ぞうか increase N3 増税 ぞうぜい tax increase 増える ふえる to increase N4 増殖 ぞうしょく increase 増大 ぞうだい enlargement N2 急増 きゅうぞう rapid increase 増強 ぞうきょう reinforcement N1 増収 ぞうしゅう increase in yield 増益 ぞうえき increased (profit) 増額 ぞうがく increase (in an amount of money) 増す ます to increase N3 増資 ぞうし increase of capital