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Chinese symbol for “increasingly”

越发
yuè fā
Traditional: 越發
increasingly; more and more

The closest CC-CEDICT match for increasingly is 越发 (yuè fā), defined as: increasingly; more and more.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

越 yuè
to exceed, to surpass, to transcend
radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes
发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “increasingly”

WordPinyinMeaning
愈益yù yìincreasingly; more and more
益发 (益發)yì fāincreasingly; more and more
益加yì jiāincreasingly; more and more
日益rì yìday by day; more and more
愈发 (愈發)yù fāall the more; increasingly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 越发.

WordPinyinMeaning
越来越 (越來越)yuè lái yuèmore and more
超越chāo yuèto surpass; to exceed; to transcend
穿越chuān yuèto traverse; to pass through; to cross; time travel (as a genre of fiction)
跨越kuà yuèto step across; step over
优越 (優越)yōu yuèsuperior; superiority
卓越zhuó yuèoutstanding; surpassing
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")

See also: Japanese symbol for “increasingly”.

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.

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