Read Edit View history 淬 cuì temper Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas cuì ×zú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint water Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 淬 Simp strokes 淬 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 淬 Simp strokes 淬 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 淬 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 177, 747 ], [ 258, 690 ], [ 291, 629 ] ], [ [ 88, 548 ], [ 184, 428 ] ], [ [ 102, 163 ], [ 158, 115 ], [ 261, 403 ] ], [ [ 507, 847 ], [ 586, 802 ], [ 616, 757 ] ], [ [ 399, 653 ], [ 492, 650 ], [ 786, 707 ] ], [ [ 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"M 607 291 Q 673 297 901 298 Q 922 298 927 307 Q 933 319 916 333 Q 862 375 823 366 Q 742 350 609 329 L 547 321 Q 426 308 285 291 Q 263 290 279 271 Q 294 256 312 251 Q 334 245 351 250 Q 442 274 548 284 L 607 291 Z", "M 554 -43 Q 560 -68 566 -77 Q 572 -84 579 -82 Q 597 -70 600 -15 Q 606 39 605 92 Q 604 135 607 291 L 609 329 Q 609 344 616 371 Q 619 389 605 398 Q 574 420 558 422 Q 546 426 530 418 Q 521 411 529 400 Q 547 355 547 321 L 548 284 Q 552 -41 554 -43 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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