ぞう
増
しょく
殖

noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. increase, multiplication, propagation, proliferation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぞう
増
しょく
殖
 増殖 ぞうしょく ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

increase, add, augment
ふ.える　ゾウ　ま.す (5th, N3)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
formerly, once, before
ソ　ソウ　かつ (11th)
to divide
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
augment, increase, multiply
ショク　ふ.える　うえ (7th, N1)
bare bone, bad, wrong
ガツ　ガチ　タイ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう　セキ　ゆ (1st, N4)
straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す　なお　チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical(乙) variant