烙
lào
#3,434 most
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to brand, to iron, to bake (in a pan)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
烙 has 火 fire as the meaning part and 各 gè, only loosely close in sound, for the reading. It first meant 'to burn, scorch', and from there grew 'to brand', 'to iron', and 'to bake in a pan'.
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