淬 Stroke Order — How to Write 淬

Stroke Order

淬 is written in 11 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 氵, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

淬 Radical and Character Components

Components:氵卒

淬 is a phono-semantic compound: 氵 (water) carries the meaning, while 卒 indicates the sound.

Radical: 氵 + 8 more strokes

淬 Pronunciation and Pinyin

cuì

Meanings of 淬 in Chinese

cuì淬

To quench; to harden (metal by heating and then cooling rapidly in water or oil).

工人把烧红的钢材放入水中淬火，以提高其硬度。

The worker quenched the red-hot steel in water to increase its hardness.

To temper, quench, or harden metal by heating and then dipping it into a liquid (such as water or a special solution); to refine or purify by immersion.

师傅将刀刃加热，再用秘制药水淬火，使其锋利无比。

The master heated the blade and then quenched it with a secret medicinal solution, making it incredibly sharp.

Common Words and Phrases with 淬

cuì淬huǒ火

Quenching is a heat treatment process where a metal workpiece is heated to a certain temperature and then rapidly cooled, typically by immersion in water or oil, to increase its hardness.