浚
jùnxùn

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)