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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 晬
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*ʔsuːds
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| 祽
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*ʔsuːds
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| 綷
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*ʔsuːds
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| 淬
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*sʰuːds
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| 啐
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*sʰuːds, *suːds, *sʰroːds, *ʔsud
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| 倅
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*sʰuːds, *ʔsuːd
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| 焠
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*sʰuːds
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| 碎
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*suːds
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| 誶
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*suːds, *suds, *zud
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| 濢
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*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
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| 噿
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*ʔslulʔ
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| 臎
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*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
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| 醉
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*ʔsuds
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| 翠
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*sʰuds
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| 悴
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*zuds
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| 萃
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*zuds
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| 瘁
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*zuds
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| 顇
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*zuds
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| 粹
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*suds
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| 睟
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*suds
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| 賥
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*suds
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| 卒
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*ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud
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| 稡
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*ʔsuːd
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| 猝
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*sʰuːd
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| 椊
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*zuːd
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| 捽
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*zuːd, *zud
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| 崪
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*zuːd
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| 窣
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*suːd
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| 崒
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*zud
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| 踤
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*zud
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| 錊
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*ʔsuːɡ
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Pronunciation
Note: “to quench” - Zhangzhou.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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淬
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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cuì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tshwojH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁu-s/
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| English
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dip into a fluid
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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淬
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17932
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Phonetic
component
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卒
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Rime
group
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隊
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰuːds/
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| Notes
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七由士校改
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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
References
Japanese
Kanji
淬
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
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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