渊 — Chinese character
渊
yuān
abyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up
- Pinyin
- yuān
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 氵 米
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵
- Traditional
- 淵
- Japanese
- 渊 as a kanji
Common words with 渊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 深渊 (深淵) | shēn yuān | abyss |
| 渊源 (淵源) | yuān yuán | origin; source |
| 渊博 (淵博) | yuān bó | erudite; profound |
| 渊薮 (淵藪) | yuān sǒu | (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures; (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed |
| 天渊 (天淵) | tiān yuān | distance between two poles; poles apart |
| 天渊之别 (天淵之別) | tiān yuān zhī bié | see 天壤之别 (tiān rǎng zhī bié) |
| 如临深渊 (如臨深淵) | rú lín shēn yuān | (lit.) as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom); (fig.) extremely cautious |
| 渊泉 (淵泉) | yuān quán | deep springs |
| 渊深 (淵深) | yuān shēn | profound (knowledge); erudite |
| 渊海 (淵海) | yuān hǎi | (lit.) abyss and ocean; (fig.) vast and profound |
| 渊远 (淵遠) | yuān yuǎn | deep; profound |
| 临渊羡鱼 (臨淵羨魚) | lín yuān xiàn yú | see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3] |
English words written with 渊
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.