懂中文 Dong Chinese

烙

lào

brand

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components
火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

各 sound component

各  Sound component

gè

  

each

Evolution

烙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
烙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

烙  

lào

brand, burn; branding iron; to brand; to iron; to bake (in a pan)

Most common words with 烙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

烙印

brand

烙

to brand

烙饼

pancake

烙铁

flatiron

电烙铁

electric iron