Memory phrase for the character: 增

增

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Meaning to increase, to expand, to add

Pronunciation

zēng

Explanation

Left: earth 土, right: formerly 曾/曽 (At rain 丷 on the field 田 as under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly.)

Mnemonic
 
(Now we have soil erosion. But:) The earth formerly: increased.

Radicals

土 earth, ground
曾 former, previously
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 Vocabulary

增大 zēng dà  to enlarge; to amplify; to magnify
与日俱增 yǔ rì jù zēng  to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
增添 zēng tiān  to add; to increase
增进 zēng jìn  promote; enhance; to further; to advance (a cause etc)
增强 zēng qiáng  to increase; to strengthen
增加 zēng jiā  to raise; to increase
增产 zēng chǎn  increase production
增高 zēng gāo  to heighten; to raise; to increase; to rise
增长 zēng zhǎng  to grow; to increase
增多 zēng duō  to increase; to grow in number
增删 zēng shān  add and delete
增删 zēng shān  

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