Meta:

  1. 增 is the 446th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 45 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth), (eight/divide), (mouth), (line), (eight/divide), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zeng1 - to increase/to expand/to add

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 增 (zeng1): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'ceng2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 增 (zeng1): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'zeng1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

增加 

Medium Frequency

 
增多 
增强 (增強)
增添 
增速 
增进 (增進)
增长 (增長)
增高 

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Meta:

  1. 添 is the 1856th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (one), (big), (line), (N/A), No glyph available
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tian1 - to add/to increase/to replenish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 添 (tian1): The component 忝 is pronounced as 'tian3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

增添 
添加 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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