渊
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deep pool; deep; profound
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 水 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 淵
- Common rank
- #1,680
- Unicode
- U+6E0A
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
abyss · Heisig RSH #2035
水 water + crutches + 米 rice
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 渊
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天渊之别 | see 天壤之別|天壤之别[tian1 rang3 zhi1 bie2] | |
| 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 | better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom); one … | |
| 如临深渊 | (lit.) as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom); (fig.) extremely cautious | |
| 小渊惠三 | Obuchi Keizo (1937-2000), Japanese politician, prime minister 1998-2000 | |
| 天渊 | distance between two poles; poles apart | |
| 小渊 | Obuchi (Japanese surname) | |
| 渊海 | (lit.) abyss and ocean; (fig.) vast and profound | |
| 渊源 | origin; source; relationship | |
| 渊远 | deep; profound | |
| 渊广 | broad and extensive (of knowledge etc) | |
| 深渊 | abyss | |
| 渊深 | profound (knowledge); erudite | |
| 李渊 | Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖[Tang2 Gao1 zu3] (566-635), reigned … | |
| 渊博 | erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable | |
| 陶渊明 | Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet | |
| 塞渊 | honest and far-seeing | |
| 渊富 | rich and variegated | |
| 渊识 | erudite and sophisticated | |
| 渊冲 | (literary) (of sb's mind or intelligence) deep; insightful | |
| 渊谷 | deep valley |