浚 (jùn): to dredge (a river)
浚 (jùn) is a Chinese character meaning “to dredge (a river).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 夋 (phonetic). It ranks #5551 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 浚 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 河 (hé, river), 海 (hǎi, sea), 洋 (yáng, ocean).
Definitions
- to dredge (a river)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疏浚verb | shū jùn | to dredge |
| 浚泥船 | jùn ní chuán | dredger |
| 浚县proper-noun | xùn xiàn | Xun County or Xunxian, a county in Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市, Henan |
| 挖浚 | wā jùn | to dredge |
| 浚渫 | jùn xiè | to dredge |
浚 appears in 5 compound words: 60 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
孩子们喜欢在清澈的浚边玩耍，捉小鱼小虾。
hái zǐ men xǐ huān zài qīng chè de jùn biān wán shuǎ , zhuō xiǎo yú xiǎo xiā .
Children love to play by the clear stream, catching small fish and shrimp.
此次晒享的版本系明万历年间，同是会稽人的商浚所刊刻。
cǐ cì shài xiǎng de bǎn běn xì míng wàn lì nián jiān , tóng shì huì jī rén de shāng jùn suǒ kān kè .
The edition featured here was published and engraved during the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty by Shang Jun, who was also a native of Kuaiji.
于是，姜龙虎决定利用浚玄身体，以实习生之姿入职公司。
yú shì , jiāng lóng hǔ jué dìng lì yòng jùn xuán shēn tǐ , yǐ shí xí shēng zhī zī rù zhí gōng sī .
So Jiang Longhu decided to use Jun Xuan’s body to join the company as an intern.
赶在台风汛期前 贯穿台东市太平溪紧急疏浚完成
gǎn zài tái fēng xùn qī qián guàn chuān tái dōng shì tài píng xī jǐn jí shū jùn wán chéng
Emergency dredging of Taiping Creek, which runs through Taitung City, has been completed ahead of the typhoon and flood season
21岁刘浚升勇夺亚洲溜溜球锦标赛亚军 创台湾最佳成...
2 1 suì liú jùn shēng yǒng duó yà zhōu liū liū qiú jǐn biāo sài yà jūn chuàng tái wān zuì jiā chéng . . .
21-year-old Liu Junsheng Takes Second Place at the Asian Yo-Yo Championships, Setting a New Record for Taiwan...
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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