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漸

简 渐 · 繁 漸
Mandarin · pinyin jiān#

Meanings · jiān

  1. to imbue
Mandarin · pinyin jiàn#

Meanings · jiàn

  1. gradual
  2. gradually
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caam4 · zim1 · zim6

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Qiantang River
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to advance gradually
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) gradual process
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of an illness) to aggravate; to worsen
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to dredge; to open a path
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) omen
  7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) condition; prerequisite
  8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sequence; order
  9. gradually
  10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) just when
  11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) immediately; soon after
  12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) when; until
  13. 53rd hexagram of the I Ching
  14. a surname

character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to flow into
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bedew
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to soak
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to moisten
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to influence
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cheat

character · Etymology 1

  1. (Teochew) just; just now

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