Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
steadily, gradually advancing, finally, barely
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2115 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 漸 【ゼン】 gradual progress
  • 漸減 【ゼンゲン】 gradual decrease, decline
  • 西漸 【セイゼン】 westward advance
  • 東漸 【トウゼン】 eastward advance

Kun reading compounds

  • 漸く 【ようやく】 finally, at last, barely, narrowly, hardly, only just, gradually, little by little, by degrees
  • 稍 【やや】 a little, partially, somewhat, slightly, semi-, -ish, on the ... side, a short time, a while
  • 漸う 【ようよう】 finally, barely, narrowly, hardly, only just, gradually, little by little, by degrees

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4, jian1
Korean:
jeom, cham

Spanish

  • gradualmente
  • firmemente

Portuguese

  • firmemente
  • gradualmente avançando
  • finalmente
  • raramente

French

  • progressivement
  • en fin de compte
  • finalement
  • tout juste
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1-3-11 SKIP code
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