浚 (jùn): to dredge (a river or channel)

Meanings

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.

浚深港口可让大船停靠。

Jùn shēn gǎngkǒu kě ràng dàchuán tíngkào.

Dredging the harbor lets bigger ships dock.

mistakes

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

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.

浚 jùn