Hanja Analyzer
淬

淬 — swi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
칼 담글 쉬, 물들일 쉬, 범할 쉬
Romanization
swi
English
temper; dye; soak; change, alter
Mandarin
cuì
Japanese on'yomi
サイ, シュチ, セ, シュツ
Japanese kun'yomi
にらぐ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
水 (85, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
卒
Unicode
U+6DEC

Parts that make up 淬

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 卒 마칠 졸sound 표를 단 옷을 입은 사람군사와 마침. ‘졸·췌’ 계열의 소리

How 淬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 淬 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 卒.

Japanese words with 淬

  • 磨淬まさい polishing one's sword; improving one's talents or knowledge

Characters sharing the phonetic 卒

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

倅 啐 崒 悴 晬 焠 猝 瘁 睟 碎 窣 粹 翠 脺 萃 誶 醉 顇

Other hanja read “쉬”

伜 倅 焠

Other hanja with radical 水

水 氷 永 氾 氿 汀 汁 求 汃 汋 汎 汏 汐 汒 汔 汕 汗 汙 汚 汛 汜 汝 汞 江 池 污 汨 汩 汪 汭 汰 汲 汴 汶 決 汽 汾 沁 沂 沃 沄 沅 沆 沇 沈 沉 沌 沍 沐 沒 沓 沔 沕 沖 沘 沙 沚 沛 没 沢

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