01
深淵
しんえん
abyss
Meanings
- abyss
- deep pool
- edge
- the depths
Readings
Onyomi
- エン
- カク
- コウ
Kunyomi
- かた.い
- はなわ
- ふち
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Useful words
02
絶望の淵
ぜつぼうのふち
depths of despair
03
死の淵
しのふち
brink of death
04
淵源
えんげん
origin
05
苦難の淵
くなんのふち
depths of hardship
06
悲しみの淵
かなしみのふち
depths of sorrow
Compare Kanji
01渕Variant98%edge渕 is a common simplified variant of 淵 often used in family names.02深Meaning92%deep, heighten淵 and 深 combine to form the word for a deep abyss (深淵).03瀬Pair90%rapids, current淵 (deep pool) and 瀬 (shallow rapids) form a traditional pair of water features.04底Meaning85%bottom, soleBoth 淵 and 底 relate to the bottom or the profound depths of something.05渦Meaning78%whirlpool, eddyBoth characters describe swirling or deep water features like whirlpools and abysses.06沼Component70%marsh, lakeBoth characters share the water radical 氵 and describe natural bodies of water.