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浚

jùn / Xùn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to dredge (a river or channel)
  2. 2 to deepen by digging out

Examples

HSK 6
浚深港口可让大船停靠。
Jùn shēn gǎngkǒu kě ràng dàchuán tíngkào.
Dredging the harbor lets bigger ships dock.
HSK 7-9
每年春天村里都疏浚水渠。
Měinián chūntiān cūnlǐ dōu shūjùn shuǐqú.
Every spring the village dredges the irrigation canal.

Tips

mistakes
Two readings. The verb 'to dredge' is 浚, as in 疏浚. The county in Henan, 浚县, is read 浚.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
Left-side water radical, the three-drop form of 水. Dredging is about clearing and deepening waterways, so water carries the meaning.
phonetic
夋 qūn
(here) sound
Right side supplies the sound; the same phonetic appears in 俊 and 峻, a family clustered on the jùn reading.

Stroke Order

浚 jùn