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Mythic Mandarin

渐渐 (jiàn jiàn): meaning and stroke order

渐渐 (jiàn jiàn) means gradually.

渐渐

Simplified
渐渐
Traditional
漸漸
Pinyin
jiàn jiàn

Stroke order of 渐渐

渐

  • jiān to imbue
  • jiàn gradual; gradually
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 漸

Stroke by stroke

渐

  • jiān to imbue
  • jiàn gradual; gradually
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 漸

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 渐渐

  1. jiàn jiàn Traditional 漸漸
    • gradually

Radicals of the characters

渐
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 11 strokes · 氵 on the left, 斩 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

渐渐 in our stories

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  • 她渐渐明白，挪威人的“冷”，其实是一种对别人空间的尊重；而一旦走近，他们的热情一点儿也不少。

    tā jiànjiàn míngbai Nuówēi rén de lěng qíshí shì yì zhǒng duì biérén kōngjiān de zūnzhòng ér yídàn zǒujìn tāmen de rèqíng yìdiǎnr yě bù shǎo

    She gradually understood that Norwegians' "coldness" was really a kind of respect for other people's space, and that once you got close, their warmth was not one bit less.

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 渐渐

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).