漸
jiànjiān

gradually

渐 (漸) jiàn frequency
gradually adverb
proceeding by steps or degrees; little by little

天色渐暗，路灯也陆续亮了起来。

tiān​sè jiàn àn, lù​dēng yě lù​xù liàng le qi​lai.

As it grew dark, the streetlights began to come on one after another.

渐 (漸) jiān
imbue adverb
to imbue

这种不良风气渐染了当地的年轻人。

zhè zhǒng bù​liáng fēng​qì jiān rǎn le dāng​dì de nián​qīng​rén.

This harmful trend has gradually influenced the local youth.

Frequency
Character
Written text
870th most common 201.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,846th most common 25.4 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.55 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
22.6 per million

Details
Simplified
渐
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+6F38

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)