增

Related characters

 * 憎

Descendants

 * 増

Glyph origin
– things grow in the earth, to build from earth.

Etymology
The reconstruction of this word is, suggesting the word is derived from  by  prefixing.

Definitions

 * 1) to increase; to expand; to gain; to add
 * : Zeng
 * 1) 13th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "expansion; growth"

Kanji

 * 1) increase
 * 2) add to
 * 3) augment