烊

yáng
#4,930 most
frequent character
molten, smelt

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

烊 uses 火 fire for meaning and 羊 yáng for sound. It first meant melting or smelting metals. The sense 'close a store for the night' was borrowed only for its sound, not from the shape.

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Homophones

羊yáng
sheep
洋yáng
ocean, vast, multitudinous, foreign
扬yáng
to raise, to hoist
杨yáng
poplar
阳yáng
positive (electric.), sun

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