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渊

淵
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noun #52,375

Meanings

  1. 1 deep pool; abyss
  2. 2 deep; profound

Examples

HSK 7-9
一步走错，公司就可能坠入深渊。
Yí bù zǒucuò, gōngsī jiù kěnéng zhuìrù shēnyuān.
One careless step could drag the company into the abyss.
HSK 7-9
老教授学识渊博。
Lǎo jiàoshòu xuéshí yuānbó.
The old professor has profound and wide-ranging knowledge.

Tips

usage
渊 is a deep pool, then figuratively any deep, dangerous place: 深渊 (abyss). It also means intellectually deep, as in 渊博 (erudite) and 渊源 (origin).

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
氵 is the water radical 水 in its left-side form, marking 渊 as something watery: a deep pool.
ideograph
米 mǐ
swirling water (here a graphic residue)
The right side draws two banks enclosing churning water. The 米-like core pictures the whirlpool; the surrounding bank strokes have fused into it, so the assigned strokes run a couple beyond a standalone 米.

Stroke Order

渊 yuān