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浚

jùn

Character

What 浚 means

1. to dredge (a river)

Other readings

浚 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xùnused in {浚县|Xùn Xiàn} (the name of a place in Henan)
• jùnvariant of {浚|jùn}

Words starting with 浚

• 浚县Xùn XiànXun County or Xunxian, a county in Hebi City 鹤壁市
• 浚泥船jùn ní chuándredger
• 浚渫jùn xièto dredge

Words containing 浚

• 挖浚wā jùnto dredge
• 疏浚shū jùnto dredge

Characters built on 夋

These share the phonetic component 夋 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 俊jùnsmart; eminent; handsome
• 峻jùn(of mountains) high; harsh or severe
• 骏jùnspirited horse
• 竣jùncomplete; finish
• 逡qūnto shrink back (from sth)
• 皴cūnchapped; cracked

Characters that look like 浚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 途túway; route; road
• 淡dàninsipid; diluted; weak
• 凌língto approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 涩sèastringent; tart; acerbity
• 淩língvariant of 凌
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read jùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 俊smart; eminent; handsome
• 峻(of mountains) high; harsh or severe
• 郡canton; county; region
• 骏spirited horse
• 菌mushroom
• 珺beautiful jade
• 竣complete; finish
• 晙(literary) early morning; (literary) bright; (used in names)
• 焌to set fire to; to ignite
• 畯overseer; steppe
• 馂(literary) leftovers (of a meal); (literary) to eat leftovers
• 捃gather; to sort