渐 — Chinese character
渐
jiàn
gradually
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 氵 斩
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 斩
- Traditional
- 漸
Common words with 渐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逐渐 (逐漸) | zhú jiàn | gradually |
| 渐渐 (漸漸) | jiàn jiàn | gradually |
| 日渐 (日漸) | rì jiàn | to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day |
| 渐进 (漸進) | jiàn jìn | progress step by step; gradual progress |
| 循序渐进 (循序漸進) | xún xù jiàn jìn | in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally |
| 渐变 (漸變) | jiàn biàn | gradual change; (graphic design) gradient |
| 渐次 (漸次) | jiàn cì | gradually; one by one |
| 渐趋 (漸趨) | jiàn qū | to become more and more; to gradually become |
| 渐近 (漸近) | jiàn jìn | to approach gradually |
| 渐入佳境 (漸入佳境) | jiàn rù jiā jìng | (idiom) to gradually improve; to get better and better |
| 防微杜渐 (防微杜漸) | fáng wēi dù jiàn | to nip in the bud (idiom) |
| 渐弱 (漸弱) | jiàn ruò | to fade out; gradually weakening |
English words written with 渐
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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