深淵

See also: 深渊

Chinese

deep; profound abyss
trad. (深淵) 深 淵
simp. (深渊) 深 渊
anagram 淵深/渊深

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 深 淵
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侵 (139) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 式針切 烏玄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiɪm/ /ʔwen/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕim/ /ʔʷen/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕjem/ /ʔuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕim/ /ʔwɛn/
Li
Rong
/ɕiəm/ /ʔuen/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭĕm/ /iwen/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯əm/ /ʔiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēn yuān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sam1 jyun1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 深 淵
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shēn yuān
Middle
Chinese
‹ syim › ‹ ʔwen ›
Old
Chinese
/*[l̥][ə]m/ /*[ʔ]ʷˁi[ŋ]/
English deep abyss

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 深 淵
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 11255 16099
Phonetic
component
罙 淵
Rime
group
侵 眞
Rime
subdivision
3 1
Corresponding
MC rime
深 淵
Old
Chinese
/*hljum/ /*qʷiːn/

Noun

深淵

  1. (literally) abyss
  2. (figurative) abyss; catastrophic situation
  3. (heraldry) abyss (center of an escutcheon)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 深淵薄冰/深渊薄冰
  • 萬丈深淵/万丈深渊

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (深淵):
  • → Japanese: 深淵(しんえん) (shin'en)
  • → Korean: 심연(深淵) (simyeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深 淵
しん
Grade: 3
えん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

深(しん)淵(えん) • (shin'en) 

  1. abyss


Korean

Hanja in this term
深淵

Noun

深淵 • (simyeon) (hangeul 심연)

  1. Hanja form? of 심연 (“abyss”).
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