日益
rìyì · HSK 7
increasingly
📈 日益 = day (日) + increase (益): growing more day by day
日 — pictograph of the sun
日 is a pictograph of the sun, originally drawn as a circle with a dot or stroke inside representing the sun's substance. Over time the round shape was squared off into the modern rectangular form. It means 'sun' and by extension 'day'.