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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnyuān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ jyun¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-ian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnyuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenyuan
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-yüan¹
  - Yale: shēn-ywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheniuan
  - Palladius: шэньюань (šɛnʹjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    深淵／深渊
    申冤
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ jyun¹
  - Yale: sām yūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ jyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ yun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-ian
  - Tâi-lô: tshim-ian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chim'iefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ iɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: syim 'wen

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əm/	/ʔiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	yuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam¹	jyun¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m ʷˤi/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljum qʷiːn/

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

(literally) abyss
(figurative) abyss; catastrophic situation
(heraldry) abyss (center of an escutcheon)

Synonyms

(abyss): (literary, figurative) 龍潭／龙潭 (lóngtán)

Derived terms

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

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

深淵

深(しん)淵(えん) • (shin'en)

abyss

Korean

Hanja in this term
深	淵

Noun

深淵 • (simyeon) (hangeul 심연)

hanja form^? of 심연 (“abyss”)

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