挖浚 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

wājùn

dredge

wā dig

To dig out 扌 a hollow 穵; 穵 also provides the pronunciation

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

wā, yà deep hollow

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qʷriːd

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

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夋 Sound component

qūn to dawdle

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sluns

杼也。从水夋聲。