Read Edit View history Discussion 漸 jiànjiān gradually Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 斬 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 渐 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 漸 Simp strokes 漸 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 漸 Simp strokes 漸 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 漸 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 173, 736 ], [ 242, 692 ], [ 265, 652 ] ], [ [ 112, 526 ], [ 173, 476 ], [ 188, 445 ] ], [ [ 178, 48 ], [ 164, 75 ], [ 156, 121 ], [ 250, 364 ] ], [ [ 354, 653 ], [ 377, 650 ], [ 417, 657 ], [ 525, 694 ], [ 566, 699 ] ], [ [ 284, 540 ], [ 306, 523 ], [ 319, 497 ], [ 356, 342 ] ], [ [ 326, 540 ], [ 344, 533 ], [ 530, 583 ], [ 562, 585 ], [ 576, 580 ], [ 598, 555 ], [ 567, 430 ], [ 551, 389 ], [ 555, 370 ] ], [ [ 383, 464 ], [ 471, 491 ], [ 514, 490 ] ], [ [ 372, 358 ], [ 382, 368 ], [ 408, 377 ], [ 517, 404 ] ], [ [ 265, 252 ], [ 313, 247 ], [ 555, 315 ], [ 613, 317 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