深淵

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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
Baxter syim 'wen
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/
Bernhard
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 		/*m/ /*ʷˁi/
English deep abyss

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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

Descendants

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

Japanese

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Pronunciation 1

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

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
深 淵
ふか
Grade: 3 		ふち > ぶち
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

深(ふか)淵(ぶち) • (fukabuchi) 

  1. (rare) abyss

Pronunciation 3

Kanji in this term
深 淵
ふかんぼち
Grade: 3 Jinmeiyō
irregular

Noun

深淵(ふかんぼち) • (fukanbochi) 

  1. (rare) abyss

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “深淵Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
深淵

Noun

深淵 • (simyeon) (hangeul 심연)

  1. hanja form? of 심연 (“abyss”)
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