漸

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14
Simplified Form: 渐

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiàn, jiān, qián, chán
Cantonese: zim1 zim6
JapaneseKun: SUSUMU YOUYAKU
JapaneseOn: ZEN SEN ZAN
Korean: CEM CHAM
Vietnamese: tiệm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: gradually

CE-Dict: gradual/gradually

Soothill: Gradual, by degrees, to flow little by little.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to soak; to permeate
2.(said of the territory) to reach
jian
ㄐㄧㄢA
1.gradual(ly)

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: gradually

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: gradually

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》漸水。出丹陽黟南蠻中，東入海。从水斬聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】漸
【唐韻】慈冉切【集韻】【韻會】疾染切【正韻】秦冉切，𠀤𥕌上聲。水名。【說文】水出丹陽黟南蠻中，東入海。　又漸次也，進也，稍也，事之端先覩之始也。【易·漸卦正義】漸者，不速之名。凡物有變移，徐而不速，謂之漸。　又通作蔪。【書·禹貢】草木漸包。【釋文】如字，本又作蔪。【字林】才冉反，草之相包裹也。　又【集韻】鋤銜切，音鑱。與巉通。高也。或作嶄。【詩·小雅】漸漸之石，維其高矣。　又側銜切，音𪗂。流貌。【楚辭·九章】涕漸漸兮。　又【廣韻】子廉切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】將廉切，𠀤音尖。流入也。【書·禹貢】東漸于海。　又漬也，濕也。【詩·衞風】漸車帷裳。　又浸也，染也。【前漢·董仲舒傳】漸民以仁。　又臺名。【水經注】太液池中有漸臺，三十丈。　又星名。【甘氏星經】漸臺四星，屬織女東足。　又【集韻】子艷切，音𡄑。漸洳，溼貌也。　又之列切，音折。同浙。江名。　又【類篇】慈鹽切，音潛。涉水也。與潛通。【書·洪範】沉潛剛克。【左傳】【史記】皆作沉漸。
考證：〔通作蔪。【書·禹貢】草木漸包。【傳】如字，本又作蔪。〕　謹照原書傳字改釋文。

Buddhism words and phrases gradually

CF-Dict: progressivement/petit à petit

Han-De-Dict: allmählich (u.E.)