淬

淬	U+6DEC, 淬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DEC

← 淫
[U+6DEB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

淭 →
[U+6DED]

Translingual

Han character

淬 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜人十 (EYOJ), four-corner 3014₈, composition ⿰氵卒)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 631, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17679
Dae Jaweon: page 1034, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1659, character 3
Unihan data for U+6DEC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		淬
alternative forms		焠捽 Hokkien

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 淬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (卒) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
晬	*ʔsuːds
祽	*ʔsuːds
綷	*ʔsuːds
淬	*sʰuːds
啐	sʰuːds, suːds, sʰroːds, ʔsud
倅	sʰuːds, ʔsuːd
焠	*sʰuːds
碎	*suːds
誶	suːds, suds, *zud
濢	ʔslulʔ, sʰluds
噿	*ʔslulʔ
臎	ʔslulʔ, sʰluds
醉	*ʔsuds
翠	*sʰuds
悴	*zuds
萃	*zuds
瘁	*zuds
顇	*zuds
粹	*suds
睟	*suds
賥	*suds
卒	ʔsuːd, sʰuːd, *ʔsud
稡	*ʔsuːd
猝	*sʰuːd
椊	*zuːd
捽	zuːd, zud
崪	*zuːd
窣	*suːd
崒	*zud
踤	*zud
錊	*ʔsuːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³ / seoi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhuh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴
  - Yale: tswèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
  - Palladius: цуй (cuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ceoi³ / seoi⁶
  - Yale: cheui / seuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³ / soey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu³ / sêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/, /sɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhuh
  - Tâi-lô: tshuh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuʔ³²/

Note: “to quench” - Zhangzhou.

Middle Chinese: tshwojH

Rime
Character	淬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	七内切
Baxter	tshwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuoi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰuɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwəj^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤu[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰuːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuì
Middle Chinese	‹ tshwoj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁu[t]-s/
English	dip into a fluid
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淬
Reading #	1/1
No.	17932
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sʰuːds/
Notes	七由士校改

Definitions

淬

to temper a metal workpiece by dipping (in water, oil, etc.); to quench
to dye; to soak
to change; to alter
(Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to burn (a hole) from a cigarette or joss stick
(Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to touch something with fire for a short instant
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to extinguish by pushing down (as of a cigarette)

Compounds

淬勉
淬厲 / 淬厉
淬火 (cuìhuǒ)
淬礪 / 淬砺 (cuìlì)
淬鍊 / 淬炼 (cuìliàn)
淬鏡 / 淬镜
礱淬利器 / 砻淬利器

References

“淬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

淬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: さい (sai)
Kan-on: さい (sai)
Kun: にらぐ (niragu)

Korean

Hanja

淬 (eum 쉬 (swi))
淬 (eum 쵀 (chwae))
淬 (eum 줄 (jul))

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Vietnamese

Han character

淬: Hán Nôm readings: rót

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