Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 淬

Modern (Beijing) reading: cuì

Preclassic Old Chinese: shūts

Classic Old Chinese: shwǝ̄ć

Western Han Chinese: shwǝ̄ś

Eastern Han Chinese: shwǝ̄ś

Early Postclassic Chinese: shwǝ̄ś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: shwǝ̄̀j

Late Postclassic Chinese: shwǝ̄̀j

Middle Chinese: chòj

English meaning : to temper; to melt [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: закалка; закаливать (сталь); погружать в воду

Comments: Viet. tr- here is rather enigmatic; standard Sino-Viet. is tôi (also irregular). See also 焠.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 2313

Karlgren code: 0490 f

Vietnamese reading: trui

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Cū̆t

Meaning: dip, absorb

Chinese: 淬 *chūts dip into a fluid, 醉 *cuts to drink to the full, drunk.

Burmese: ćut to suck with the mouth, suck in.