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淬

cuì

Character

What 淬 means

1. dip into water
2. to temper

Words starting with 淬

• 淬火cuì huǒto quench; to temper; to harden by quenching
• 淬炼cuì liàn(fig.) to temper; to forge; to toughen (through hardship or repeated trials)

Characters built on 卒

These share the phonetic component 卒 (zú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 碎suì(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 醉zuìintoxicated
• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 翠cuìbluish-green; green jade
• 萃cuìcollect; collection; dense
• 悴cuìhaggard; sad; downcast
• 啐cuìto spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip
• 瘁cuìcare-worn; distressed; tired

Characters that look like 淬

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 棒bàngstick; club; cudgel
• 渗shènto seep; to ooze; to horrify
• 滞zhì(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 绰chuò(bound form) ample; spacious; (literary) graceful; used in 绰号
• 悴cuìhaggard; sad; downcast

Sounds the same

Read cuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脆brittle; fragile; crisp
• 粹pure; unmixed; essence
• 翠bluish-green; green jade
• 萃collect; collection; dense
• 啐to spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip
• 悴haggard; sad; downcast
• 瘁care-worn; distressed; tired
• 綷five-color silk; see 綷縩
• 焠to temper (as steel)
• 倅auxiliary; spare; deputy
• 崒(literary) to come together; to bunch up; to concentrate
• 毳crisp; brittle; fine animal hair