to imbue
gradual / gradually

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) didn't dispose of her empty water bottles (氵) for a long time. Instead, she just hoarded them in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Today she wants to get rid of the bottles: step by step (渐), little by little (渐) she cuts them down using a lawn mower (斩).

漸 character breakdown

to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 斩草除根: lawn mower. James II of England (zh) accidentally dropped bar bells (斤) onto the anthill's owner's cabriolet (车). The owner is mad as hell and wants to behead (斩) James II of England in the living room (an3) using a lawn mower (斩).
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

Characters with 漸 as component

漸 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 漸

to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day
in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally
progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly)
gradual change / (graphic design) gradient
Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)
Oligocene system (geology)
gradually / one by one
to thin out gradually / to become fainter and fainter
gradually proceed, gradually get further apart
to become more and more / to gradually become
to approach gradually
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), aka motor neurone disease (MND)
to fade out / gradually weakening / diminuendo / decrescendo
to speed up gradually / faster and faster / (music) accelerando
to slow down gradually / slower and slower / (music) decelerando / ritardando

Sentences with 漸

漸 currently does not appear in any sentence.