增
zēng
Earth element 土
to grow, increase
Element
Earth 土
Radical
土
Strokes
15
Use
Used for any gender
In five-element thinking, Earth carries steadiness, trust, grounding. A name built on 增 leans on that energy.
The radical
the earth radical (土): earth and soil, stability, grounding, and quiet dependability.
增 works in names for any gender; what matters is how it is paired and how the tones flow. It is 15 strokes to write.
The image behind the character
以莫不增
《诗经·鹿鸣之什·天保》
增 appears in this classical line. Read it as the picture the character draws on, part of why it carries the feeling it does.
More Earth characters
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