烙
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lào / luò · to burn, to brand

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Readings & meanings

烙 has 2 dictionary pronunciations. The examples show how each reading behaves in real words.

lào

to brand; to iron; to bake (in a pan)

烙印lào yìn · to brand
luò

used in 炮烙[pao2 luo4]

炮烙páo luò · form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
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10Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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How to study 烙 in context

  1. Say lào / luò, then recall the core meaning: to burn, to brand.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 烙印 (lào yìn), meaning “to brand”.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.