渊 (yuān): deep pool, deep, profound
渊 (yuān) is a Chinese character meaning “deep pool.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 米 (structural). It ranks #2142 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 渊 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- deep pool
- deep
- profound
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticwater
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 深渊noun | shēn yuān | abyss |
| 渊源noun | yuān yuán | origin |
| 渊博adjective | yuān bó | erudite |
| 渊薮 | yuān sǒu | (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures |
| 天渊之别phrase | tiān yuān zhī bié | see 天壤之別|天壤之别 |
| 如临深渊phrase | rú lín shēn yuān | (lit.) as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom) |
| 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 | lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) |
| 小渊惠三 | xiǎo yuān huì sān | Obuchi Keizo (1937-2000), Japanese politician, prime minister 1998-2000 |
| 不啻天渊 | bù chì tiān yuān | no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom) |
| 天渊noun | tiān yuān | distance between two poles |
| 小渊 | xiǎo yuān | Obuchi (Japanese surname) |
| 渊海 | yuān hǎi | (lit.) abyss and ocean |
| 渊识 | yuān shí | erudite and sophisticated |
| 渊远 | yuān yuǎn | deep |
| 渊深adjective | yuān shēn | profound (knowledge) |
渊 appears in 40 compound words: 53 as the first character, 35 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 渊 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
to wish for something good but take no action to obtain it; irresoluteness
to wish for something good but take no action to obtain it; irresoluteness
Example Sentences
这条渊流经三个省份，滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo yuān liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
This river flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmland along its banks.
...做不实陈述 “网络公民”出版商与总编辑许渊臣接更正指示
. . . zuò bù shí chén shù wǎng lào gōng mín chū bǎn shāng yǔ zǒng biān jí xǔ yuān chén jiē gēng zhèng zhǐ shì
...For making false statements, Xu Yuanchen, publisher and editor-in-chief of "Netizen," received instructions to issue a correction
【深渊9预选赛|杨某人】成都GGvsFPX.Z...
shēn yuān 9 yù xuǎn sài yáng mǒu rén chéng dōu G G v s F P X . Z . . .
[Abyss 9 Qualifiers | Yang] Chengdu GG vs. FPX.Z...
【凉哈皮ob】第五人格赛事深渊九抽签
liáng hā pí o b dì wǔ rén gé sài shì shēn yuān jiǔ chōu qiān
[Liang Hapi OB] Identity V Tournament: Abyss 9 Draw
...坑!戴灵G3/竹林鸟玄武/觅声白羊座/寸渊影弑/觅声射手...
. . . kēng ! dài líng G 3 zhú lín niǎo xuán wǔ mì shēng bái yáng zuò cùn yuān yǐng 弑 mì shēng shè shǒu . . .
...What a letdown! Dai Ling G3 / Bamboo Grove Bird Xuanwu / Sound Seeker Aries / Cunyuan Shadow Slayer / Sound Seeker Sagittarius...
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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