flatiron, smooth out
熨 centers on using heat and pressure to make something flat and smooth, like a flatiron pressing out wrinkles. The idea extends to smoothing out or pressing down in general.
熨 combines 尉 (a component associated with pressing or smoothing) with 火 (fire), suggesting the use of heat to press or iron. The exact historical development of 尉 is uncertain, but the combination with fire fits the flatiron meaning.
The top part 尉 looks like a hand pressing down, and the bottom 火 is fire. Imagine a heated flatiron pressing clothes smooth.
For イ, picture an iron (アイロン) smoothing out a shirt: the first sound イ of アイロン cues the reading イ.
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
traditional ladle-shaped, charcoal-heated clothing iron; box iron
variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads
Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella); indianmeal moth; pantry moth; North American high-flyer
Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella); indianmeal moth; pantry moth; North American high-flyer
coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)
thin string of dried abalone (often tied to a gift)
stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)
dried stretched abalone flesh