Radical
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
12
Mandarin
zēng
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
12 strokes
Strokes
15 strokes
Mandarin
zēng

Definitions by reading

zêng1
Mandarin equivalent zēng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zêng1 Chaoyang zêng1 Chenghai zêng1 Jieyang zêng1 Raoping zêng1 Shantou zêng1
zēng
加多,添:~加 | ~多 | ~添 | ~益 | ~生(a.同“增殖”;b.古代科举制度中生员名目之一) | ~产 | ~长(zhǎng ) | ~援 | ~殖 | ~辉 | ~减 | ~删 。
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English meaning

increase, add to, augment

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
精母 一等 開口 登韵 平声 作滕切
Reconstruction:
Original

益也,加也,重也,又埋幣曰增,作滕切,十二。

2
精母 一等 開口 登韵 去声 子鄧切
Reconstruction:
Original

剩也,子鄧切一。