Zi:渐
渐(F漸) [jiàn] gradually (渐渐, 逐渐); (卦名) ䷴ Development/Gradual [jiān] [qián] [chán] cf. 漸
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►⁶jiàn 渐[漸] {C} adv. gradually; by degrees ◆n. name of one of the Sixty-four Hexagrams (䷴)
►¹⁷jiān 渐[漸] b.f. dip/soak in liquid ►jiānzì 渐渍
The Shuōwén Seal form of 渐/漸() jiàn ‘(river name); gradually’ combines 氵(水 shuǐ) ‘water’, and 斩/斬() zhǎn ‘chop/hack’ (phonosemantic): the flow of water gradually chops/erodes its way through the rock (progressing in geologic time); formerly wr. 䟅(𧽯) jiàn ‘progress/advance (gradually), enter into’ (DYC).
Note: The hexagram ䷴ 漸 combines ☴ ‘(vessel) pouring liquid’ over ☶ ‘(mountain) rock/stone’ ⇒ 渐 ‘gradual’ (erosion, in geologic time); vs. ䷵ 歸 sudden loss (cf. 歸).
Compare: 渐/漸() jiàn ‘gradually’, 暂/暫() zàn ‘soon’ (both involve ‘short increments of time’).
Compare: 蘸(醮) zhàn ‘dip in (liquid); marriage-age ceremony/libation’, 沾 zhān ‘moisten’.
Compare: 惭/慚(慙) cán ‘ashamed; to shame’.
►references: Karlgren:AD1165; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1645.3; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:206.1.01; EDOC:0
►components: 氵斩车斤
►Cantonese: jim\ jihm-
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