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訓ま(す),ふ(える),ふ(やす) ・音ゾウ

Sino-Vietnamese: tăng

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💡 Memory aid

Earth 土 for meaning; 曽 (layers piled up) gives the sound zou and the image. Pile soil layer on layer and the mound increases. Think zouka, an increase.

At a glance

Sino-Vietnamese: tăng
On'yomi: ゾウ
Kun'yomi: ま(す),ふ(える),ふ(やす)
Strokes: 14
JLPT: N2

Radical

土 Earth; soil 3 strokes

On'yomi

ゾウ

Kun'yomi

ま(す),ふ(える),ふ(やす)

Sino-Vietnamese: tăng

Stroke order

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Radical

土

Earth; soil

3 strokes

Related Vocabulary

増えるふえる

to increase

増加ぞうか

increase

Example sentences

人口が増えています。 (じんこうがふえています)

The population is increasing.

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