# 淬

| 淬 | U+6DEC, &#28140; 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 3014$_8$, 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
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 淬
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 (cui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^3$ / seoi$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhuh
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻui$^4$
*** Yale: tswèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
*** Palladius: цуй (cuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^3$ / seoi$^6$
*** Yale: cheui / seuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^3$ / soey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^3$ / sêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* 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$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰuɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cuì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^3$ |
* 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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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