Memory phrase for the character: 漸


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Meaning

gradually, little by little

Pronunciation

ZEN
yōyaku

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right kill by slicing 斬 ([An accident] with a car 車 or an axe 斤can kill by slicing.)

Mnemonic


 
(due to rust:) Water (damages) vehicles and axes: Gradually and little by little.

Radicals

waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
slicing with a sword
vehicleA hand-cart seen from the top, with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二.
axeImage of an axe, probably with the handle on the right.
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 Vocabulary

漸増 ぜんぞう  gradual increase
漸く ようやく  gradually, finally, hardly


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