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漸 = 斬 + 水

漸 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “steadily”. It is built from 斬 (chop off) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1217.

Keyword
steadily
RTK frame
1217
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゼン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ようや.く, やや, ようよ.う, すす.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
неуклонно
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
漸 gradually

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 斬 chop off
  2. 水 water

How to find 漸 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “chop off” + “water”. 漸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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