進
Symbols Life
advancement
ㄐㄧㄣˋ jìn
Two versions of the same picture, and both are free with no account and no watermark. The first has no background at all, which is the one to send your artist — but a phone or computer photo viewer set to dark will show black strokes on dark grey and it can look like nothing downloaded. If that happens, use the second one: identical characters on a plain white background. Either way you get the characters on their own — the square and the faint guide lines you see above are not in the file. Each character is 1000px, so a two-character download is 2000×1000, and the script and layout are the ones you picked.
Script
Characters
Same in both
Layout
Rubbing mode: white on black, as a stone rubbing. The download is unaffected.
Rising - in position, rank or capability. Chinese distinguishes going forward from being raised up.
Before you commit
Choose with care進 is broad and ordinary. If you mean advancement in career or standing specifically, 昇 or 陞 says it and 進 does not.
Pairs well with進取 reads as an admired character trait - ambitious in the good sense, someone who keeps pushing to improve.
At small sizesTwelve strokes with a long base sweep. Better on a flat or gently curved placement than on a tight one.
Meaning
To advance, move forward, make headway.
The general forward motion, applicable to work, study or a march.
Other characters for “advancement”
What to do next
Pick the script and layout you want above, download the PNG, and send that file to your artist. Ask them to work from the file rather than redrawing the character freehand — that is where strokes go missing.
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