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

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• 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.

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• 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	/t͡sʰuʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwəjH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuɑ̆iH/
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	‹ tshwojH ›
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

1. to temper a metal workpiece by dipping (in water, oil, etc.); to quench
2. to dye; to soak
3. to change; to alter
4. (Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to burn (a hole) from a cigarette or joss stick
5. (Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to touch something with fire for a short instant
6. (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 (cùilì)
• 淬鍊／淬炼 (cùiliàn)
• 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

(uncommon “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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