浚 (Xùn): (in 浚县) a county in Henan provi…

Meanings

浚县在豫北。

Xùnxiàn zài Yùběi.

Xun County is in northern Henan.

浚县的泥塑很有名。

Xùnxiàn de nísù hěn yǒumíng.

Xun County's clay-figurine craft is well known.

usage

Read 浚 only in the Henan county name 浚县. For the verb 'to dredge', use 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 Xùn