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浚
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dredge

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
jùn
シュン
さら.える、さら.う
준
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濬.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 夋 to dawdle =
浚 dredge
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
夋 Phonetic component
qūn to dawdle
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
浚
Regular
Modern
Chinese
浚 [jùn]
to deepen (e.g. a ditch); to extract; to manage; ladle (old)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
浚 しゅん
Shun given name
浚 ふかし
Fukashi given name
CHINESE WORDS (6)
疏浚 [shū​jùn] #30,490
to dredge
浚县 [Xùn​Xiàn] #54,646
Xun County in Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁[Hè​bì], Henan
浚县 [Xùn​Xiàn] #54,646
Xun County in Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁[Hè​bì], Henan
挖浚 [wā​jùn]
to dredge
浚泥船 [jùn​ní​chuán]
dredger
浚渫 [jùn​xiè]
to dredge
JAPANESE WORDS (14)
洗いざらい [あらいざらい] #18,423
all
⭐ 浚う [さらう] #44,274
to sweep away
総ざらい [そうざらい] #81,831
general review (e.g. of one's lessons)
引っ攫う [ひっさらう] #122,309
to kidnap
浚渫 [しゅんせつ] #127,823
dredging
お浚い [おさらい] #159,683
review
浚渫船 [しゅんせつせん] #229,998
dredger (boat)
溝さらい [どぶさらい] #247,488
cleaning out mud from a ditch or drain
大浚い [おおさらい] #249,387
large-scale rehearsal
棚ざらえ [たなざらえ] #278,481
clearance sale
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
준설
dredging