循序渐进 (xún xù jiàn jìn)

Character breakdown

• 循 (xún) · 12 strokes

• 序 (xù) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 予 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "walls at side of palace". The meaning later shifted to "order" and "sequence".

• 渐 (jiān) · 11 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 斩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 漸.

• 进 (jìn) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound. Simplified form of 進.

Usage

学习要循序渐进，不能急于求成。

in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally

xué xí yào xún xù jiàn jìn ， bù néng jí yú qiú chéng 。