增 (zēng) — to increase, add

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字

增 character · TOCFL 3 (est.)

增＝土＋曾

ㄗㄥ · zēng

verb — to increase, add

字源 FORM — what the parts do

土義earth

曾聲zēng — gives the sound exactlya steamer with stacked tiers — layer on layer

Earth (土) added layer upon layer — the mound rises. 曾 zēng carries the sound exactly, and its own picture is a steamer's stacked tiers. From the rising mound: 增加、增長、增高.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

再倒一筐土（土），牆頭又高一層（曾）。

One more basket of earth (土) — the wall stands a tier (曾) higher.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)加土、堆高— to add earth, heap higher

→增加、增長— to increase, grow常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension