漸
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jiàn · gradually

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Shape and proportion

14Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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氵Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 漸

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Example sentences

Notice where 漸 sits in each complete thought.

Tiān jiàn jiàn hēi le. wǒ mén huí jiā ba.天漸漸黑了。我們回家吧。

It is getting dark. Let's go home.

Source: Tatoeba #891064 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tiān qì zhú jiàn huí nuǎn le.天氣逐漸回暖了。

It is getting warmer and warmer.

Source: Tatoeba #375968 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dāng wǒ nián cháng shí, wǒ jiàn jiàn biàn dé yǒu yuǎn jiàn.當我年長時,我漸漸變得有遠見。

I'm getting farsighted as I get older.

Source: Tatoeba #801395 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bìng rén zhú jiàn kāng fù le.病人逐漸康復了。

The patient got better little by little.

Source: Tatoeba #347412 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jiào shēng jiàn jiàn dì biàn ruò le.叫聲漸漸地變弱了。

The sound of shouting grew faint.

Source: Tatoeba #534216 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fèi ōu nà de lái xìn jiàn jiàn jiǎn shǎo le.費歐娜的來信漸漸減少了。

Letters from Fiona came gradually less and less.

Source: Tatoeba #1485602 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 漸 in context

  1. Say jiàn, then recall the core meaning: gradually.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 漸 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.