淵

See also: 渊

Translingual

Han character

淵 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水中X中 (ELXL), four-corner 3210₀, composition ⿰氵𣶒)

1. gulf, abyss, deep
2. surge up, bubble up, gush forth

References

• KangXi: page 632, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17692
• Dae Jaweon: page 1035, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1681, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6DF5

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Chinese

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trad.		淵
simp.		渊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuān (yuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: yüan¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹
    • Yale: yūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (淵, reconstructed)
Character (淵), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 先 Division: IV			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 烏玄切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔwen/	/ʔiwen/	/ʔuen/	/ʔʷen/	/ʔwɛn/	/iwen/	/ʔuɛn/

Old Chinese pronunciation (淵, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
淵								yuān								‹ ʔwen ›								/*[ʔ]ʷˤi[ŋ]/								abyss
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
淵					16099					淵					眞					1					淵					/*qʷiːn/

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Japanese

Kanji

淵

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. abyss
2. edge
3. deep
4. pool

Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: ふち (fuchi)

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Korean

Hanja

淵 (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, yun, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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