浚 (Xùn) · (in 浚县) a county in Henan province

Meanings

1 (in 浚县) a county in Henan province

Characters

浚

Xùn

(in 浚县) a county in Henan province

Examples

HSK 5

浚县在豫北。

Xùnxiàn zài Yùběi.

Xun County is in northern Henan.

HSK 7-9

浚县的泥塑很有名。

Xùnxiàn de nísù hěn yǒumíng.

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

Tips

usage

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

Related Words

必浚其泉源 bì jùn qí quányuán

one must dredge the spring and source / to achieve distant results, strengthen the root cause / line from Wei Zheng's 'Memorial on Ten Reflections'

县里 xiànlǐ #28,362

in the county / within the county / the county (as an institution)

县 xiàn HSK 5 #6,036

county

鲁 Lǔ #4,378

Lu (surname) / State of Lu (ancient) / crude; rash / short for Shandong province

河南 Hénán #55,758

Henan (province in central China)

修武 Xiūwǔ #18,200

Xiuwu (county in Jiaozuo, Henan province)

郡 jùn #3,000

county / prefecture / shire

江原道 Jiāngyuándào #22,406

Gangwon Province (South Korea) / Kangwon Province (North Korea) / historical province on the Korean Peninsula

省 shěng HSK 4 #1,859

province / provincial capital / to save; to economize / to omit; to leave out / ministry (of the Japanese government)

洞 tóng #1,699

used in 洪洞, a county in Shanxi