淵 U+6DF5 , 淵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DF5 ← 淴 [U+6DF4] CJK Unified Ideographs 淶 → [U+6DF6]

淵 ( Kangxi radical 85, 水 +8 in Chinese , 水+9 in Japanese , 11 strokes in Chinese , 12 strokes in Japanese , cangjie input 水中難中 ( ELXL ), four-corner 3210 ₀ , composition ? ? ?? )

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

• ?? , 奫 , ?? , ?? , ?? , ? , ? , ??

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

trad.		淵
simp.		?
alternative forms		? ?? ?? ?? ? ? ?? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

Originally ?? in oracle bone script; Pictogram ( 象形 ) of a basin with water. Bronze inscriptions added vertical strokes resembling riverbanks around the character, and the semantic component ? .

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)

淵

1. abyss ; deep water

   • 探 淵 者 知 千 ? 之 深 ， 縣 繩 之 數 也 。 [ Classical Chinese , trad. ]
     探 ? 者 知 千 ? 之 深 ， ? ? 之 ? 也 。 [ Classical Chinese , simp. ]

     From: The Book of Lord Shang , circa 3 ^rd century BCE , translated based on J.J.L. Duyvendak 's version

     Tan yu?n zh? zh? qi?n ren zh? sh?n, xian sheng zh? shu y?. [Pinyin]

     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.

   • 且 汝 夢 ? 鳥 而 ? 乎 天 ， 夢 ? 魚 而 沒 於 淵 ， 不 識 今 之 言 者 ， 其 覺 者 乎 ， 夢 者 乎 ？ [ Classical Chinese , trad. ]
     且 汝 ? ? ? 而 ? 乎 天 ， ? ? ? 而 ? 于 ? ， 不 ? 今 之 言 者 ， 其 ? 者 乎 ， ? 者 乎 ？ [ Classical Chinese , simp. ]

     From: Zhuangzi , circa 3 ^rd ? 2 ^nd centuries BCE

     Qi? r? meng wei ni?o er li h? ti?n, meng wei yu er mo yu yu?n , bu shi j?n zh? yan zh?, qi jiao zh? h?, meng zh? h?? [Pinyin]

     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.

2. deep ; profound

   • 淵 兮 ， 似 萬物 之 宗 。 [ Classical Chinese , trad. ]
     ? 兮 ， 似 万物 之 宗 。 [ Classical Chinese , simp. ]

     From: Tao Te Ching , 4 ^th century BCE

     Yu?n x?, si wanwu zh? z?ng. [Pinyin]

     How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things!

3. a surname

• “ 淵 ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database) ‎ ^[1] , 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong ), 2014–

( “Jinmeiy?” kanji used for names ,  ky?jitai kanji, shinjitai form ? )

1. abyss
2. edge
3. deep pool

• Go-on : えん ( en ) ^{← ゑん ( wen , historical )}
• Kan-on : えん ( en ) ^{← ゑん ( wen , historical )}
• Kun : ふち ( fuchi , 淵 ) ; かたい ( kata i , 淵い ) ; はなわ ( hanawa , 淵 )

Kanji in this term
淵
ふち Jinmeiy?
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 淵 ? see the following entry.

【 ふち 】 [noun] abyss ; deep pool Alternative spellings 潭 , ?

(This term, 淵 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

From Middle Chinese 淵 ( MC 'wen ). Recorded as Middle Korean 年 ( yen )  ( Yale : yen ) in Hunmong Jahoe ( 訓蒙字會 / 訓蒙字會 ), 1527.

Wikisource

淵 ( eumhun 못 年 ( mot yeon ) )

1. Hanja form ^? of 年 ( “ abyss ” ) .

• 國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 電子辭典／電子字典 . [2]

淵 : Han Nom readings: uyen

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation , then remove the text {{ rfdef }} .