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渊

yuān

Character Traditional 淵

What 渊 means

1. deep pool
2. deep
3. profound

Words starting with 渊

• 渊源yuān yuánorigin; source; relationship
• 渊博yuān bóerudite; profound; learned
• 渊富yuān fùrich and variegated
• 渊广yuān guǎngbroad and extensive (of knowledge etc)
• 渊虑yuān lǜprofound thoughts or ideas
• 渊冲yuān chōng(literary) (of sb's mind or intelligence) deep; insightful
• 渊泉yuān quándeep springs
• 渊海yuān hǎi(lit.) abyss and ocean; (fig.) vast and profound
• 渊深yuān shēnprofound (knowledge); erudite
• 渊渊yuān yuāndeep and still; sound of a drum
• 渊谋yuān móuprofound or erudite plans
• 渊识yuān shíerudite and sophisticated
• 渊谷yuān gǔdeep valley
• 渊远yuān yuǎndeep; profound
• 渊默yuān mòprofound silence
• 渊玄yuān xuánprofundity; depth
• 渊泓yuān hóngvast and profound
• 渊诣yuān yìdeep and profound meaning
• 渊壑yuān hèdeep valley
• 渊薮yuān sǒu(lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures; (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed
• 渊渟岳峙yuān tíng yuè zhì(idiom) to have a serene yet formidable demeanor; to have a commanding presence

Words containing 渊

• 深渊shēn yuānabyss
• 陶渊明Táo Yuān míngTao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
• 刘渊Liú YuānLiu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋
• 塞渊sāi yuānhonest and far-seeing
• 天渊tiān yuāndistance between two poles; poles apart
• 小渊Xiǎo yuānObuchi (Japanese surname)
• 旋渊xuán yuānabyss
• 李渊Lǐ YuānLi Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖
• 洪渊hóng yuānvast and profound
• 澄渊chéng yuānclear, deep water
• 颜渊Yán YuānYan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子
• 鼻渊bí yuānnasosinusitis
• 如临深渊rú lín shēn yuān(lit.) as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom); (fig.) extremely cautious
• 不啻天渊bù chì tiān yuānno less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely; worlds apart…
• 九渊jiǔ yuānabyss; deep chasm
• 小渊惠三Xiǎo yuān Huì sānObuchi Keizo (1937-2000), Japanese politician, prime minister 1998-2000
• 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎngbetter to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)…
• 天渊之别tiān yuān zhī biésee 天壤之别
• 临渊羡鱼lín yuān xiàn yúsee 臨淵羨魚，临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

Characters that look like 渊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 浦pǔriver bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 掳lǔ(bound form) to capture (sb)
• 淌tǎngto drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• 揣chuāito put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. chuǎi
• 涸héto dry; to dry up

Sounds the same

Read yuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冤injustice; grievance; wrong
• 鸳mandarin duck
• 鸢kite (small hawk)
• 眢inflamed eyelids; parched
• 惌to bear a grudge against
• 棩crooked (tree)
• 箢used in 箢箕; Taiwan pr. wǎn
• 鹓firebird (mythology)
• 肙a small worm; to twist; to surround
• 蜎larva of mosquito
• 渕variant of 渊
• 囦old variant of 渊