逐 zhú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
逐渐
zhújiàn
gradually
Characters in this word
渐 jiàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 斩 to chop, to cut, to sever
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 天气逐渐冷了。 Tiānqì zhújiàn lěng le. The weather slowly gets cold.
- 他逐渐好了。 Tā zhújiàn hǎo le. He is getting better little by little.
- 我逐渐明白。 Wǒ zhújiàn míngbai. I start to understand slowly.