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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
gradually

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵斬

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

zhǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and zhǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of jiàn .

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Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
逐渐 zhújiàn gradually逐漸
渐渐 jiàn jiàn gradually漸漸
jiān gradual jiàn
日渐 rì jiàn more (or better etc) with each passing day日漸
循序渐进 xúnxùjiànjìn in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally循序漸進
渐进 jiàn jìn gradual progress漸進
渐变 jiàn biàn gradual change漸變
防微杜渐 fáng wēi dù jiàn to nip in the bud (idiom)防微杜漸
渐次 jiàn cì gradually漸次
渐新世 Jiàn xīn shì Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)漸新世
渐新统 jiàn xīn tǒng Oligocene system (geology)漸新統

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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