Read Edit View history Discussion 淵 yuān gulf Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as 𣶒, which depicted water inside of a deep pool. The left 氵 (water) component was added later. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 渊 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 淵 Simp strokes 淵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Pictograph of water inside of a deep pool. 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736 763 726 776 Q 711 791 689 803 Q 679 807 669 805 Q 659 801 667 784 Q 694 727 686 670 Q 682 615 660 591 Q 644 575 651 562 Q 661 549 677 539 Q 690 532 699 540 Q 732 577 832 592 Q 841 593 846 592 C 876 592 875 632 845 629 Z", "M 484 418 Q 466 414 488 398 Q 501 389 527 394 Q 653 419 746 434 Q 771 438 761 452 Q 751 467 723 472 Q 698 475 655 463 Q 564 438 484 418 Z", "M 412 268 Q 434 262 492 276 Q 505 283 512 271 Q 515 222 494 133 Q 488 108 499 87 Q 518 47 528 48 Q 538 48 545 65 Q 546 71 562 226 Q 565 254 578 270 Q 591 289 586 295 Q 580 302 554 313 Q 524 326 502 316 Q 466 300 417 291 C 388 285 382 272 412 268 Z", "M 847 355 Q 847 356 845 356 Q 814 359 715 329 C 686 320 691 293 721 298 Q 791 311 847 317 C 877 320 876 347 847 355 Z", "M 715 329 Q 694 350 661 348 Q 648 344 654 333 Q 687 261 659 154 Q 638 124 665 77 Q 666 74 672 68 Q 679 55 688 61 Q 712 79 717 158 Q 718 269 721 298 C 723 322 723 322 715 329 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle 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