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苒
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successively

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
rǎn
ゼン
염
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 冉 drooping =
苒 successively
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
冉 Phonetic component
rǎn drooping
variant of 冉[rǎn]
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
苒
Regular
Modern
Chinese
苒 [rǎn]
luxuriant growth; passing (of time)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
荏苒 [rěn​rǎn] #38,092
(literary) (of time) to slip away
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
荏苒 [じんぜん] #143,130
procrastinatingly