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渊

淵
yuān
noun #52,375

Meanings

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

Examples

一步走错，公司就可能坠入深渊。
Yíbù zǒucuò, gōngsī jiù kěnéng zhuìrù shēnyuān.
One careless step could drag the company into the abyss.
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