酪

lào
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(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

酪 lào uses 酉 fermented drink for meaning and 各 gè for sound, though the sound link is not clear today. It first meant a food or drink from cooked animal milk. That grew to curdled milk, cheese, and fruit juice.

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Homophones

涝lào
waterlogged, inundated
络lào
small net
落lào
colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
乐lào
used in place names

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