烙 (lào) — to brand (a mark on skin or surface); to iron (…

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)

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Tā de xīn lǐ liú xià le shēn shēn de lào yìn.
A deep brand was left on his heart.
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Mā ma zài chú fáng lǐ lào bǐng.
Mom is baking flatbread in the kitchen.
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Zhè jiàn yī fu zhòu le, yòng lào tiě tàng yí xià.
This shirt is wrinkled; run a flatiron over it.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

火各烙

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè烙lào

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

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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