淬 — Chinese character
淬
cuì
to soak, to dye; to temper, to change
- Pinyin
- cuì
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 氵 卒
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 卒
- Japanese
- 淬 as a kanji
Common words with 淬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淬火 | cuì huǒ | to quench; to temper |
| 淬炼 (淬煉) | cuì liàn | (fig.) to temper; to forge; to toughen (through hardship or repeated trials) |
English words written with 淬
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.