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Meaning of 漸

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(Simplified: 渐)
Total strokes: 14; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (water) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
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  • Pinyin: jiān
    English Definition: to imbue
    Chinese Definition:
    ①浸:漸漬。漸洳(浸溼)。漸染。漸仁摩誼(用仁義之道感化教育人)。
    ②流入:東漸於海。

  • Pinyin: jiàn
    English Definition: gradual; gradually
    Chinese Definition:
    ①慢慢地,一點一點地:逐漸。漸進。漸漸。漸次。漸悟。漸冉(逐漸)。防微杜漸。
    ②加劇:疾大漸。
    ③疏導:漸九川。

    Example Words:
    漸漸 jiàn jiàn gradually
    漸進 jiàn jìn progress step by step; gradual progress; to move forward (slowly)
    More: 漸* | *漸 | *漸*
Example Sentences
1
The river is gradually becoming shallower.
2
The temperature is gradually decreasing.
3
The temperature gradually decreases in autumn.
4
The wind will gradually grind the stones round.
5
The temperature is gradually rising, spring has arrived.