dip into water / to temper

淬 character breakdown

variant of 卒[zu2]
variant of 猝[cu4]
soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess

= + + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is putting up a cross (十) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) as commemoration for a fallen soldier (卒). The fallen soldier is a rubber chicken (从) which is wearing a beret (亠).
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

Characters with 淬 as component

淬 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 淬

to quench / to temper / to harden by quenching

Sentences with 淬

淬 currently does not appear in any sentence.