Chinese Character 增 Meanings and components.

Form

增

Meaning

增 meaning[3] in English

To Increase.

To Expand.

To Add.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 增 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and surname Zeng (曾)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GCWA

How to write 增

To write增zeng1to increase you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 曾ceng2surname Zeng arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 曾 = 增

增 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 增 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 增, looks as follow:

增
Pinyin:zeng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Increase . To Expand . To Add
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
曾
Pinyin:ceng2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zeng
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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