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淵玄

简渊玄 · 繁淵玄

Mandarin · pinyin yuān xuán

profundity
depth

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玄: xuán · deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95
渊: yuān · surge up, bubble up, gush forth

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1–2 · yuan1 xuan2

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