颜渊

Traditional form:

顏淵

Pinyin (reading):

Yán Yuān

Definitions:

• Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子 ( Kǒngfūzǐ), also known as 顏回／颜回 ( Yán Huí)

Characters:

• 颜 - face, facial appearance
• 渊 - abyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up

Traditional characters:

• 顏 - face, facial appearance
• 淵 - abyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up