Chinese symbol for “imbue”
渐
jiān
Traditional: 漸
to imbue
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imbue is 渐 (jiān), defined as: to imbue.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imbue”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.