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漸

jiàn

gradually; hexagram ䷴

Strokes
14
Radical
水
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 渐

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 渐, the simplified form of 漸. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 天日渐回暖。

    Tiān rì jiàn huí nuǎn

    It is getting warmer day by day.

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  • 她逐渐开始明白。

    Tā zhú jiàn kāi shǐ míng bai

    She gradually began to understand.

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  • 我父亲逐渐好转了。

    Wǒ fù qin zhú jiàn hǎo zhuǎn le

    My father is getting better by degrees.

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  • 天空逐渐明亮了起来。

    Tiān kōng zhú jiàn míng liàng le qǐ lai

    The sky is getting brighter.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 渐

  • 逐渐zhú jiàn 2–4 gradually
  • 渐渐jiàn jiàn 4–4 gradually
  • 循序渐进xún xù jiàn jìn 2–4–4–4in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally