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Translingual
Han character
增 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土金田日 (GCWA), four-corner 48166, composition ⿰土曾)
Related characters
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 238, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5454
- Dae Jaweon: page 477, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 489, character 6
- Unihan data for U+589E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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潧
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*ʔsrɯn
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繒
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*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
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增
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*ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs
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憎
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*ʔsɯːŋ
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磳
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*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
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曾
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*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ
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矰
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*ʔsɯːŋ
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罾
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*ʔsɯːŋ
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熷
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*ʔsɯːŋ
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竲
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*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
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橧
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*ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ
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譄
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*ʔsɯːŋ
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蹭
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*sʰɯːŋs
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層
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*zɯːŋ
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贈
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*zɯːŋs
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僧
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*sɯːŋ
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鬙
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*sɯːŋ
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甑
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*ʔsɯŋs
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鄫
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*zɯŋ
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驓
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*zɯŋ
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嶒
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*zɯŋ
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噌
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*sʰɯːŋ
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鏳
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*zrɯːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ) – things grow in the earth, to build from earth.
Etymology
The Baxter and Sagart (2014) reconstruction of this word is *s-tˤəŋ, suggesting the word is derived from 登 (OC *tˤəŋ, “to go up”) by *s- prefixing.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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增
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zēng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsong ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s-tˁəŋ/
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English
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increase
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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增
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增
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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16613
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16623
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Phonetic component
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曾
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曾
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Rime group
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蒸
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蒸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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增
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔsɯːŋ/
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/*ʔsɯːŋs/
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Definitions
增
- to increase; to expand; to gain; to add
- a surname: Zeng
- 13th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "expansion; growth" (𝌒)
Synonyms
- 加 (jiā)
- 加上 (jiāshàng)
- 加多 (jiāduō)
- 加大 (jiādà)
- 加添 (jiātiān)
- 增加 (zēngjiā)
- 增多 (zēngduō)
- 增添 (zēngtiān)
- 增益 (zēngyì)
- 增長/增长 (zēngzhǎng)
- 廣益/广益 (guǎngyì) (literary)
- 施
- 添加 (tiānjiā)
- 補/补 (bǔ)
- 附益 (fùyì) (literary)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
增
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 増)
- increase
- add to
- augment
Readings
Korean
Hanja
增 (eumhun 더할 증 (deohal jeung))
- Hanja form? of 증 (“increase”).
- Hanja form? of 증 (“add to”).
- Hanja form? of 증 (“augment”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
增: Hán Nôm readings: tăng, tâng
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