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淵
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See also: 渊
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Translingual
Han character
淵 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8 in Chinese, 水+9 in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 水中難中 (ELXL), four-corner 32100, composition ⿰氵𣶒)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17692
- Dae Jaweon: page 1035, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1681, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6DF5
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Originally 𣶒 in oracle bone script; Pictogram (象形) of a basin with water. Bronze inscriptions added vertical strokes resembling riverbanks around the character, and the semantic component 氵. Compare the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈙 and its variant forms.
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): iŏng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng1 / yoeng1 / ieng1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1ioe / 1iuon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yuān
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuan
- Wade–Giles: yüan1
- Yale: ywān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan
- Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jyun1
- Yale: yūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn1
- Guangdong Romanization: yun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên
- Hakka Romanization System: ienˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan1
- Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan1
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: rhanˋ
- Sinological IPA: /ʒan⁵³/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: iŏng
- Sinological IPA (key): /yoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: e̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /œŋ⁵³³/
- (Youyang)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /œŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /yøŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Fengting)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ieng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ieŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
- Southern Min
Note:
- iêng1 - Chaozhou;
- iang1 - Shantou.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: 'wen
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ʷˤi[ŋ]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʷiːn/
Definitions
淵
- abyss; deep water
- 探淵者知千仞之深，縣繩之數也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3rd century BCE, translated based on J.J.L. Duyvendak's version
- Tàn yuān zhě zhī qiān rèn zhī shēn, xiàn shéng zhī shù yě. [Pinyin]
- If, in measuring an abyss, you know that it is a thousand fathoms deep, it is owing to the figures which you find by dropping a string.
探渊者知千仞之深，县绳之数也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 且汝夢為鳥而厲乎天，夢為魚而沒於淵，不識今之言者，其覺者乎，夢者乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Qiě rǔ mèng wèi niǎo ér lì hū tiān, mèng wèi yú ér mò yú yuān, bù shí jīn zhī yán zhě, qí jiào zhě hū, mèng zhě hū? [Pinyin]
- Moreover you dream that you are a bird, and seem to be soaring to the sky; or that you are a fish, and seem to be diving in the deep. But you do not know whether we that are now speaking are awake or in a dream.
且汝梦为鸟而厉乎天，梦为鱼而没于渊，不识今之言者，其觉者乎，梦者乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- deep; profound
- a surname
Compounds
- 不測之淵 / 不测之渊
- 九淵 / 九渊
- 冰淵 / 冰渊
- 判若天淵 / 判若天渊 (pànruòtiānyuān)
- 加膝墜淵 / 加膝坠渊
- 塞淵 / 塞渊
- 天淵 / 天渊 (tiānyuān)
- 天淵之別 / 天渊之别 (tiānyuānzhībié)
- 如臨深淵 / 如临深渊 (rúlínshēnyuān)
- 如臨淵谷 / 如临渊谷
- 學問淵博 / 学问渊博
- 家學淵源 / 家学渊源
- 察見淵魚 / 察见渊鱼
- 寸指測淵 / 寸指测渊
- 山峙淵渟 / 山峙渊渟
- 嶽峙淵渟 / 岳峙渊渟
- 挑戰者深淵 / 挑战者深渊 (Tiǎozhànzhě Shēnyuān)
- 探淵索珠 / 探渊索珠
- 文淵閣 / 文渊阁
- 洪淵 / 洪渊
- 淵博 / 渊博 (yuānbó)
- 淵塞 / 渊塞
- 淵思寂慮 / 渊思寂虑
- 淵泉 / 渊泉
- 淵海 / 渊海
- 淵淵 / 渊渊
- 深淵 / 深渊 (shēnyuān)
- 淵深 / 渊深 (yuānshēn)
- 深淵薄冰 / 深渊薄冰
- 淵渟岳峙 / 渊渟岳峙
- 淵渟嶽立 / 渊渟岳立
- 淵源 / 渊源 (yuānyuán)
- 淵源錄 / 渊源录
- 淵藪 / 渊薮
- 淵識 / 渊识
- 淵遠流長 / 渊远流长
- 淵鑑類函 / 渊鉴类函
- 淵魚叢爵 / 渊鱼丛爵
- 淵默 / 渊默
- 澶淵 / 澶渊 (Chányuān)
- 澶淵之盟 / 澶渊之盟
- 為淵敺魚 / 为渊驱鱼 (wèiyuānqūyú)
- 盜跖顏淵 / 盗跖颜渊
- 相去天淵 / 相去天渊
- 福如海淵 / 福如海渊
- 萬丈深淵 / 万丈深渊
- 積水成淵 / 积水成渊
- 脫網就淵 / 脱网就渊
- 臨淵履薄 / 临渊履薄
- 臨淵結網 / 临渊结网
- 臨淵羨魚 / 临渊羡鱼 (línyuānxiànyú)
- 虞淵 / 虞渊
- 重淵 / 重渊
- 靜淵 / 静渊
- 龍淵 / 龙渊
References
- “淵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “渊”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 230.
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Japanese
Kanji
淵
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 渊)
Readings
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 淵 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 淵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 淵 (MC 'wen). Recorded as Middle Korean 연 (yen) (Yale: yen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
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