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增

  • zēng (zeng¹) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄗㄥ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • zang¹ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • cang⁴ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • dang¹ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • chen Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • cāing Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • chng Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • cheng Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • zêng¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ¹tsen Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • zēng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄗㄥ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • zeng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • tsêng¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • dzēng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • tzeng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • цзэн Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • zang¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • cang⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • jāng Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • chàhng Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • dzang¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • tsang⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • zeng¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • ceng⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /t͡sʰɐŋ²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs）：意符 土 (“earth”) + 聲符 曾 (上古 *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ) –泥土中生長的東西，用泥土建造的東西。

釋義 増 · 曾 · ⿰土⿳丷囚曰 · 𢴣 · ⿰土⿳⺈田曰

  1. 增加；擴展
  2. 補充；添加
  3. 太玄經符號第13個（𝌒）

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"增." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A2%9E. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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增. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A2%9E

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"增." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A2%9E.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {增},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A2%9E},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}