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淬 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
サイさい · sai
Kun
にらぐniragu
Meaning
to temper steel

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 卒 as phonetic: to plunge a heated blade into water and harden it.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 淬礪さいれい

    tempering and whetting; self-discipline

  • 淬ぐにらぐ

    to temper (a blade)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

刃(は)を淬いで鋭(するど)さを出(だ)す。

The blade is tempered to bring out its edge.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

淬礪淬礪coarse…汕nettin…汨to sin…沍to fre…沂a rive…沁to soa…犲a jack…洒to was…砌the st…豺a jack…倅my son
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading サイAll maps

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