| 渊 | yuān | abyss |
| 渊源 | yuān yuán | origin; source; relationship |
| 深渊 | shēn yuān | abyss |
| 渊博 | yuān bó | erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable |
| 李渊 | Lǐ Yuān | Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖 (566-635), reigned 618-626 |
| 不啻天渊 | bù chì tiān yuān | no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely; worlds apart; the gap couldn't be bigger |
| 九渊 | jiǔ yuān | abyss; deep chasm |
| 刘渊 | Liú Yuān | Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成汉 (304-347) |
| 千鸟渊国家公墓 | Qiān niǎo yuān guó jiā gōng mù | Chidori ga fuchi, national war cemetery in Tokyo; also called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
| 唐高祖李渊 | Táng Gāo zǔ Lǐ Yuān | Li Yuan (566-635), first Tang emperor Gaozu, reigned 618-626 |
| 塞渊 | sāi yuān | honest and far-seeing |
| 天渊 | tiān yuān | distance between two poles; poles apart |
| 天渊之别 | tiān yuān zhī bié | a complete contrast; totally different |
| 小渊恵三 | xiǎo yuān huì sān | Obuchi Keizō (1937-2000), Japanese politician |
| 旋渊 | xuán yuān | abyss |
| 洪渊 | hóng yuān | vast and profound |
| 渊壑 | yuān hè | deep valley |
| 渊富 | yuān fù | rich and variegated |
| 渊广 | yuān guǎng | broad and extensive (of knowledge etc) |
| 渊虑 | yuān lǜ | profound thoughts or ideas |
| 渊冲 | yuān chōng | erudite but open-minded |
| 渊泉 | yuān quán | deep springs |
| 渊泓 | yuān hóng | vast and profound |
| 渊海 | yuān hǎi | abyss of ocean; vast and profound (idiom) |
| 渊深 | yuān shēn | profound (knowledge); erudite |
| 渊渊 | yuān yuān | deep and still; sound of a drum |
| 渊玄 | yuān xuán | profundity; depth |
| 渊薮 | yuān sǒu | lit. abyss and marsh, meeting place of fish and beast; fig. breeding ground of crime; robbers' hide-out; den of thieves; hotbed of vice; sink of iniquity |
| 渊诣 | yuān yì | deep and profound meaning |
| 渊谋 | yuān móu | profound or erudite plans |
| 渊识 | yuān shí | erudite and sophisticated |
| 渊谷 | yuān gǔ | deep valley |
| 渊远 | yuān yuǎn | deep; profound |
| 渊默 | yuān mò | profound silence |
| 澄渊 | chéng yuān | clear, deep water |
| 临渊羡鱼 | lín yuān xiàn yú | see 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 |
临渊羡鱼不如退而
结网 | lín yuān xiàn yú bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | rather than admiring fish, go home and weave a net |
临渊羡鱼，
不如退而结网 | lín yuān xiàn yú ,
bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | better to go home and weave a net, than to stand by the pond and covet fish (idiom) |
| 陶渊明 | Táo Yuān míng | Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet |
| 颜渊 | Yán Yuān | Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子, also known as 颜回 |
| 鼻渊 | bí yuān | nasosinusitis |
