浚渫
jùn​xiè

dredge

浚 jùn dredge

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濬.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsluns

說文解字

杼也。从水夋聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

渫 xiè, dié, zhá beating of ocean

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

枼
枼 Sound component
yè leaf

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzreːb
sled

說文解字

除去也。从水枼聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)