漸
漸 — jeom, cham
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 점점 점, 점점 참
- Romanization
- jeom, cham
- English
- gradually; hexagram ䷴
- Mandarin
- jiàn
- Japanese on'yomi
- ゼン, セン, サン, ザン, セツ, セチ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ようや.く やや ようよ.う すす.む
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #2,115 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 水 (85, 11 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 斬(참)
- Unicode
- U+6F38
Parts that make up 漸
How 漸 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 漸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 斬.
Korean example words with 漸
- 점멸漸滅 Korean gloss: 점점 멸망하여 감
- 점오漸悟 Korean gloss: 점점 깊이 깨달음
- 점차漸次 Korean gloss: 차례를 따라 진행됨
- 산점産漸 Korean gloss: 달이 찬 임신부가 아이를 낳으려는 기미
- 점증되다漸增 Korean gloss: 점점 증가되다
- 점진하다漸進 Korean gloss: 점점 발전하다
- 점극하다漸劇 Korean gloss: 점점 심하여지다
- 점등하다漸騰 Korean gloss: 시세가 점점 오르다
- 점고되다漸高 Korean gloss: 점차적으로 높아지게 되다
- 대점하다大漸 Korean gloss: 임금의 병세가 아주 위독하다
- 점점漸漸 Korean gloss: 조금씩 더하거나 덜하여지는 모양
- 점염하다漸染 Korean gloss: 차차 번져서 물들다. 또는 점점 전염되다
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 漸
- 漸進ぜんしん gradual progress; steady advance
- 漸次ぜんじ gradually; slowly; little by little
- 漸減ぜんげん gradual decrease; decline
- 漸ぜん gradual progress
- 漸とやっと at last; finally; barely
- 漸くようやく finally; at last; barely
- 漸近ぜんきん asymptote
- 漸増ぜんぞう gradual increase
- 東漸とうぜん eastward advance
- 西漸せいぜん westward advance
- 漸落ぜんらく gradual decline
- 漸悟ぜんご gradual enlightenment
Characters sharing the phonetic 斬
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “참” in Korean.
Other hanja read “점”
Other hanja with radical 水
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences