Read Edit View history 增 zēng HSK3 increase Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zēng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 增 Simp strokes 增 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 增 Simp strokes 增 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 增 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 107, 494 ], [ 160, 493 ], [ 313, 537 ], [ 357, 539 ] ], [ [ 220, 767 ], [ 242, 754 ], [ 270, 725 ], [ 262, 340 ], [ 261, 329 ], [ 241, 303 ] ], [ [ 73, 222 ], [ 86, 213 ], [ 134, 211 ], [ 384, 353 ] ], [ [ 468, 781 ], [ 538, 728 ], [ 557, 693 ] ], [ [ 737, 849 ], [ 758, 827 ], [ 766, 809 ], [ 716, 752 ], [ 633, 680 ] ], [ [ 383, 602 ], [ 402, 588 ], [ 418, 562 ], [ 472, 354 ] 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