# 増 — Increase

Frequency rank 436 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 影 (Shadow), less common than 再 (Again).

- On’yomi: ぞう
- Kun’yomi: ふ、ま
- Radical: 土 Earth (Kangxi 32)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Dirt on the left piles up as a mask appears on the right — dirt increases around a mysterious mask, the mound growing taller and taller.

In words:

- 増える ふえる — to increase
- 増す ます — to increase,to grow
- 増し まし — extra;additional;less objectionable;better;preferable

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