烙 (lào) — to brand (a mark on skin or surface); to iron (clothes, with 烙铁); to bake (on a flat pan, e.g. 烙饼)
Definition
Bound verb meaning 'to brand / bake / iron' — almost always appears inside compounds (烙印, 烙饼, 烙铁) rather than standing alone.
bound form
to brand (a mark on skin or surface)to iron (clothes, with 烙铁)to bake (on a flat pan, e.g. 烙饼)
Easily confused
- 络làolook-alike(bound morpheme) small net; used in 络子 lào zi, a net-like bag or pouch
- 酪làosound-alike(bound form) cheese
- 洛luòlook-alike(bound form) used in place names, especially the Luo River and Luoyang
- 涝làosound-alikeflooded (of land, due to excessive rain)
- 格gēlook-alikegrid; lattice; square (as in a pattern or partition)
- 咯gēlook-alikecough up; spit
Examples
- 。Tā de xīn lǐ liú xià le shēn shēn de lào yìn.A deep brand was left on his heart.
- 。Mā ma zài chú fáng lǐ lào bǐng.Mom is baking flatbread in the kitchen.
- ，。Zhè jiàn yī fu zhòu le, yòng lào tiě tàng yí xià.This shirt is wrinkled; run a flatiron over it.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
The left part 火 is fire, showing that 烙 relates to heat or burning. The right part 各 gives the sound.
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