| Chinese Text Project | |
| Simplified Chinese version |
| 淵 U+6DF5 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 囦 Semantic variant | 渊 Simplified character | 𠝃 Semantic variant | 𣶒 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 水+ 8 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.135#48 Kangxi: p.632#08 Cihai: p.807r1c02 GSR: 367.a Hanyu: v3,p1681#01 |
| Composition: | Left: 氵, right: 𣶒. Component of: 奫 𨖳 㘤 𭏰 鼝 𪔱 𩁵 |
| Mandarin: | yuān ㄩㄢ |
| Cantonese: | jyun1 |
| Shuowen: | 《水部》渊：回水也。从水，象形。左右，岸也。中象水皃。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·下平声·先·渊》渊：深也，管子曰水出而不流曰渊又姓丗本有齐大夫渊湫。乌𤣥切，十。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·水部·八》渊：〔古文〕𣶒囦𠝃《唐韵》乌圆切《集韵》《正韵》营圆切《韵会》幺圆切，𠀤音𢏮。《说文》回水也。从水，象形。左右岸也，中象水貌。《管子·度地篇》水出地而不流者，命曰渊。又深也。《诗·衞风》秉心塞渊。又潭名。《水经注》伊水东爲渊潭。又渊渊，鼓声。《诗·小雅》伐鼓渊渊。又姓。世本有齐大夫渊㰬。又《集韵》一均切，音蜵。亦深也。 |
| Fanqie: | 乌𤣥 (《广韵·下平声·先·渊》) |
| Unihan definition: | gulf, abyss, deep |
Example usage
| 《论语·公冶长》: | 颜渊、季路侍。 |
| Yan Yuan and Ji Lu being by his side. | |
| 《孟子·离娄上》: | 故为渊驱鱼者，獭也。 |
| Accordingly, as the otter aids the deep waters, driving the fish into them. | |
| 《礼记·檀弓上》: | 子贡曰：“昔者夫子之丧颜渊，若丧子而无服。” |
| Zi-gong said, 'Formerly, when the Master was mourning for Yan Yuan, he acted in other respects as if he were mourning for a son, but wore no mourning dress.' | |
| 《孝经·诸侯》: | 《诗》云：“战战兢兢，如临深渊，如履薄冰。” |
| It is said in the Book of Poetry: Be apprehensive, be cautious, As if on the brink of a deep abyss, As if treading on thin ice. | |
| 《扬子法言·序》: | 圣人聪明渊懿，继天测灵，冠乎群伦，经诸范，撰《五百》。 |
| The sage, keenly intelligent and profoundly good, continues the work of Tian and fathoms the divine. Surpassing the common herd, he sets the standard. Thus, I have written "Five Hundred Years." | |
| 《庄子·大宗师》: | 且汝梦为鸟而厉乎天，梦为鱼而没于渊，不识今之言者，其觉者乎，梦者乎？ |
| Moreover you dream that you are a bird, and seem to be soaring to the sky; or that you are a fish, and seem to be diving in the deep. But you do not know whether we that are now speaking are awake or in a dream. | |
| 《道德经》: | 渊兮似万物之宗。 |
| How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! | |
| 《商君书·禁使》: | 探渊者知千仞之深，县绳之数也。 |
| If, in measuring an abyss, you know that it is a thousand fathoms deep, it is owing to the figures which you find by dropping a string. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 静渊以有谋，疏通而知事。 |
| Calm and unfathomable in his designs, and thoroughly versed in all matters. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 虞舜、孝己孝而亲不爱，比干、子胥忠而君不用，仲尼、颜渊知而穷于世。 |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 侨闻之：昔鲧违帝命，殛之于羽山，化为黄熊，以入于羽渊，是为夏郊，三代举之。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 大夫盟于澶渊，刺大夫之专政也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 颜渊侍坐鲁定公于台，东野毕御马于台下。 |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 鹰鶽以山为卑，而曾巢其上，鱼、鳖、鼋、枨以渊为浅，而蹶穴其中，卒其所以得之者，饵也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 故黄金弃于山，珠玉捐于渊，岩居穴处，衣皮毛，饮泉液，吮露英，虚无寥廓，与天地通灵也。 |
| 《新书·修政语上》: | 得不肖而举之，得不肖而与之，譬其若下渊乎。 |
| 《新序·义勇》: | 陈恒弑君，使勇士六人劫子渊栖，子渊栖曰：“子之欲与我，以我为知乎？” |
| 《中论·治学》: | 昔颜渊之学圣人也，闻一以知十。 |
| 《孔子家语·致思》: | 孔子北游于农山，子路、子贡、颜渊侍侧。 |
| 《潜夫论·忠贵》: | 夫鸟以山为卑而橧巢其上，鱼以渊为浅而穿穴其中，卒所以得之者饵也。 |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 若颜渊、伯牛之徒，如何遭凶？ |
| 《太玄经·礥》: | 次五，拔车山渊，宜于大人。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 后太守宋均到，乃移记属县曰：“夫虎豹在山，鼋鼍在渊，物性之所托。” |
| 《孔丛子·广诂》: | 渊、懿、邃、赜，深也。 |
| 《新语·术事》: | ，故舜弃黄金于崭嵓之山，禹捐珠玉于五湖之渊，将以杜淫邪之欲，绝琦玮之情。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·释诲》: | 夫子生清穆之世，禀醇和之灵，覃思典籍，韫椟六经，安贫乐贱，与世无营，沈精重渊，抗志高冥，包括无外，综析无形，其已久矣。 |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 心如渊泉，形如处女，不偎不爱，仙圣为之臣。 |
| 《鶡冠子·能天》: | 切譬于渊，其深不测，淩淩乎泳澹波而不竭。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 山以之高，渊以之深，兽以之走，鸟以之飞，麟以之游，凤以之翔，星历以之行。 |
| 《文始真经·三极》: | 时翔物，时逐物，时山物，时渊物。 |
| 《列仙传·黄帝》: | 神圣渊玄，邈哉帝皇。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 不贵难得之货，言人君不御好珍宝，黄金弃于山，珠玉捐于渊也。 |
| 《韩非子·扬权》: | 填其汹渊，毋使水清。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 鸟飞于空，鱼游于渊，非术也。 |
| 《管子·轻重乙》: | 管子对曰：“泾水十二空，汶渊洙疾满三之于，乃请以令使九月种麦，日至日获，则时雨未下而利农事矣。” |
| 《六韬·大礼》: | 深渊度之，不可测也。 |
| 《尉缭子·勒卒令》: | 敌在山缘而从之，敌在渊没而从之，求敌如求亡子，从之无疑，故能败敌而制其命。 |
| 《海岛算经》: | 今有望清渊，渊下有白石。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 曾子曰：“击舟水中，鸟闻之而高翔，鱼闻之而渊藏。” |
| 《吕氏春秋·直谏》: | 葆申趣出，自流于渊，请死罪 |
| 《鬼谷子·摩篇》: | 古之善摩者，如操钩而临深渊，饵而投之，必得鱼焉。 |
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