Chinese Character Wiki
𣶒

yuān

deep pool

Pictograph of water inside of a deep pool. Original form of 淵.

Evolution

𣶒 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
𣶒 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
𣶒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𣶒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
𣶒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𣶒  

yuān

deep pool; deep; profound

Component uses

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

肃 肅 淵 渊

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

肃 渊

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+23D92

Shuowen

“淵，回水也。从水，象形，左右岸也，中象水皃。，淵或省水。囦，古文从囗、水。”


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