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{{also|渐}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=85|rad=水|as=11|sn=14|four=32121|canj=EJJL|ids=⿰氵斬}}

====Derived characters====
* {{lang|mul|[[壍]]([[𰊢]]) [[嬱]] [[聻]]([[𫆏]]) [[䤔]] [[魙]]}}
* {{lang|mul|[[𡽻]] [[𦾶]]([[𬞋]]) [[𭟌]] [[𣋫]] [[𥜙]] [[𨮜]] [[𩉍]]([[𬰣]]) [[𩟗]]([[𫗚]])}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0647.140|dkj=18179|dj=1057.130|hdz=31717.030|uh=6F38|ud=28472|bh=BAA5|bd=47781}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=渐}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|水|alt1=氵|斬|ls=psc|c1=s|t1=water|c2=p}}.

===Etymology 1===
Compare {{cog|km|ជាំ||wet; soaked; steeped}} ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}).

====Pronunciation 1====
{{zh-pron
|m=jiàn
|m-s=jian4
|c=zim6
|c-t=diam5
|g=qien5
|h=pfs=chhiam;gd=qiam4
|j=jie3
|mb=cīng
|md=ciêng
|mn=xm,zz,jj,tw:chiām/qz:chiǎm
|mn-t=ziam6
|w=sh:6zhi
|x=zienn4
|mc=2
|oc=2,2
|ma=
|cat=adv,n,v,prep,pn
}}

=====Definitions=====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{†}} {{w|Qiantang River}}
# {{†}} to [[advance]] gradually
#* {{zh-x|善 漸 於 惡{è}，惡{è} 化 於 善，成為{wéi} 性行|It is by the '''transition''' of virtue into wickedness and of wickedness into virtue that the characters are formed.|ref=Lunheng}}
# {{†}} [[gradual]] [[process]]
# {{†}} {{lb|zh|of an illness}} to [[aggravate]]; to [[worsen]]
# {{†}} to [[dredge]]; to [[open]] a [[path]]
# {{†}} [[omen]]
# {{†}} [[condition]]; [[prerequisite]]
# {{†}} [[sequence]]; [[order]]
# [[gradually]]
#* {{zh-x|滿 而 後 漸 者， 其 水 乎？|That which fills up and then flows out '''gradually''', is it not water?|ref=Fayan}}
# {{†}} [[just]] [[when]]
# {{†}} [[immediately]]; [[soon]] [[after]]
# {{†}} [[when]]; [[until]]
# 53rd [[hexagram]] of the [[I Ching]]
# {{surname|zh}}

=====Compounds=====
{{col3|zh|北漸|不漸|循序漸進|即漸|慎防杜漸|漸通人事|杜漸防萌|漸悟|杜漸防微|漸有起色|積裡漸裡|積漸|浸漸|漸進|漸漸|漸教|漸進法|漸漸之石|杜漸除微|漸近|漸趨式微|漸次|漸入佳境|漸至佳境|沉漸剛克|逐漸|防萌杜漸|西風東漸|鴻漸|防微杜漸|漸弱|漸快|漸慢|漸強}}

====Pronunciation 2====
{{zh-pron
|m=漸
|c=zim1
|c-t=diam1
|mc=1
|oc=1,1
|dial=n
|cat=v
}}

=====Definitions=====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{†}} to [[flow]] into
# {{†}} to [[bedew]]
# {{†}} to [[soak]]
# {{†}} to [[moisten]]
# {{†}} to [[influence]]
# {{†}} to [[cheat]]

=====Compounds=====
{{col3|zh|漸洳|日漸月染|西學東漸|東漸西被|東漸|漸染|蘭芷漸滫|遏漸防萌}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-see|潛|v}}

===Etymology 3===
{{zh-see|巉|v}}

{{cat|cmn|Intermediate Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=c|rs=水11}}

# {{rfdef|ja|sort=水11}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=せん, ぜん
|kanon=せん
|kanyoon=ぜん
|on=ざん
|kun=すす-む, ようや-く
}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|hangeul=[[점]], [[참]]|eumhun=|rv=jeom, cham|mr=chŏm, ch'am|y=cem, cham}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=水11}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=tiệm, tràn, tiêm, tiềm|rs=水11}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=水11}}