How to Write 浚 (jùn) — Meaning “to dredge; to deepen”

Imagine a person using a shovel (夋) to dig deeper into a river (氵) to remove mud. The shape of 夋 looks like a figure bending over with a tool, helping you recall that 浚 means "to dredge" or "deepen."

Write the water radical 氵 first with three dots, then the right side 夋: start with the top 允 (careful not to add extra strokes), then the bottom 夂. A common mistake is confusing the bottom part 夂 with 夊 — make sure the bottom strokes are a gentle curve, not a straight line.

浚 (jùn) means to dredge or deepen a waterway, while 沫 (mò) means "foam" or "bubbles" and 沭 (shù) is a river name. Visually, 浚 has the right side 夋, 沫 has 末 (end/tip), and 沭 has 朮 (art/skill) — different components change the meaning entirely.

浚 appears in formal or technical contexts like 疏浚 (dredging a river) and 浚通 (clearing a waterway), often in engineering or environmental reports. It is not common in daily conversation but is important for discussing river management, especially in China's large-scale water conservancy projects.

Common words containing 浚 include: 疏浚 (shū jùn) — To dredge (a river, etc.); 浚通 (jùn tōng) — to dredge and clear (a waterway); 浚深 (jùn shēn) — to dredge and deepen.