| Chinese Text Project |
| 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》淵：回水也。从水，象形。左右，岸也。中象水皃。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·先·淵》淵：深也，管子曰水出而不流曰淵又姓丗本有齊大夫淵湫。烏𤣥切，十。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·水部·八》淵：〔古文〕𣶒囦𠝃《唐韻》烏圓切《集韻》《正韻》營圓切《韻會》幺圓切，𠀤音𢏮。《說文》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，命曰淵。又深也。《詩·衞風》秉心塞淵。又潭名。《水經注》伊水東爲淵潭。又淵淵，鼓聲。《詩·小雅》伐鼓淵淵。又姓。世本有齊大夫淵㰬。又《集韻》一均切，音蜵。亦深也。 |
| Fanqie: | 烏𤣥 (《廣韻·下平聲·先·淵》) |
| Unihan definition: | gulf, abyss, deep |
Example usage
| 《論語·公冶長》: | 顏淵、季路侍。 |
| Yan Yuan and Ji Lu being by his side. | |
| 《孟子·離婁上》: | 故為淵敺魚者，獺也。 |
| Accordingly, as the otter aids the deep waters, driving the fish into them. | |
| 《禮記·檀弓上》: | 子貢曰：「昔者夫子之喪顏淵，若喪子而無服。」 |
| 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.' | |
| 《孝經·諸侯》: | 《詩》云：「戰戰兢兢，如臨深淵，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. | |
| 《揚子法言·序》: | 聖人聰明淵懿，繼天測靈，冠乎群倫，經諸範，譔《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." | |
| 《莊子·大宗師》: | 且汝夢為鳥而厲乎天，夢為魚而沒於淵，不識今之言者，其覺者乎，夢者乎？ |
| 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. | |
| 《道德經》: | 淵兮似萬物之宗。 |
| How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! | |
| 《商君書·禁使》: | 探淵者知千仞之深，縣繩之數也。 |
| 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. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 靜淵以有謀，疏通而知事。 |
| Calm and unfathomable in his designs, and thoroughly versed in all matters. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 虞舜、孝己孝而親不愛，比干、子胥忠而君不用，仲尼、顏淵知而窮於世。 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 僑聞之：昔鯀違帝命，殛之于羽山，化為黃熊，以入于羽淵，是為夏郊，三代舉之。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 大夫盟於澶淵，刺大夫之專政也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 顏淵侍坐魯定公于臺，東野畢御馬于臺下。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 鷹鶽以山為卑，而曾巢其上，魚、鱉、黿、枨以淵為淺，而蹶穴其中，卒其所以得之者，餌也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 故黃金棄於山，珠玉捐於淵，巖居穴處，衣皮毛，飲泉液，吮露英，虛無寥廓，與天地通靈也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 得不肖而舉之，得不肖而與之，譬其若下淵乎。 |
| 《新序·義勇》: | 陳恒弒君，使勇士六人劫子淵棲，子淵棲曰：「子之欲與我，以我為知乎？」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 昔顏淵之學聖人也，聞一以知十。 |
| 《孔子家語·致思》: | 孔子北遊於農山，子路、子貢、顏淵侍側。 |
| 《潛夫論·忠貴》: | 夫鳥以山為卑而橧巢其上，魚以淵為淺而穿穴其中，卒所以得之者餌也。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 若顏淵、伯牛之徒，如何遭凶？ |
| 《太玄經·礥》: | 次五，拔車山淵，宜於大人。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 後太守宋均到，乃移記屬縣曰：「夫虎豹在山，黿鼉在淵，物性之所託。」 |
| 《孔叢子·廣詁》: | 淵、懿、邃、賾，深也。 |
| 《新語·術事》: | ，故舜棄黃金於嶄嵓之山，禹捐珠玉於五湖之淵，將以杜淫邪之欲，絕琦瑋之情。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·釋誨》: | 夫子生清穆之世，稟醇和之靈，覃思典籍，韞櫝六經，安貧樂賤，與世無營，沈精重淵，抗志高冥，包括無外，綜析無形，其已久矣。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 心如淵泉，形如處女，不偎不愛，仙聖為之臣。 |
| 《鶡冠子·能天》: | 切譬于淵，其深不測，淩淩乎泳澹波而不竭。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 山以之高，淵以之深，獸以之走，鳥以之飛，麟以之遊，鳳以之翔，星曆以之行。 |
| 《文始真經·三極》: | 時翔物，時逐物，時山物，時淵物。 |
| 《列仙傳·黃帝》: | 神聖淵玄，邈哉帝皇。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 不貴難得之貨，言人君不御好珍寶，黃金棄於山，珠玉捐於淵也。 |
| 《韓非子·揚權》: | 填其洶淵，毋使水清。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 鳥飛於空，魚游於淵，非術也。 |
| 《管子·輕重乙》: | 管子對曰：「涇水十二空，汶淵洙疾滿三之於，乃請以令使九月種麥，日至日穫，則時雨未下而利農事矣。」 |
| 《六韜·大禮》: | 深淵度之，不可測也。 |
| 《尉繚子·勒卒令》: | 敵在山緣而從之，敵在淵沒而從之，求敵如求亡子，從之無疑，故能敗敵而制其命。 |
| 《海島算經》: | 今有望清淵，淵下有白石。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 曾子曰：「擊舟水中，鳥聞之而高翔，魚聞之而淵藏。」 |
| 《呂氏春秋·直諫》: | 葆申趣出，自流於淵，請死罪 |
| 《鬼谷子·摩篇》: | 古之善摩者，如操鉤而臨深淵，餌而投之，必得魚焉。 |
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