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増

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 436 / 2,608

Increase

On’yomi
ぞう
Kun’yomi
ふ、ま
Radical
土 Earth (Kangxi 32)

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

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

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 increaseN4
増す ます to increase,to growN3
増し まし extra;additional;less objectionable;better;preferableN1

増 is rank 436 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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