烙
burn
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Readings
On'yomi
- ラク
- カク
Kun'yomi
- や.く
Meaning
烙 centers on applying heat to mark or sear something: burning, branding, or cauterizing.
Most common words using 烙
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Etymology
烙 combines 火 (fire) with 各, which likely contributes the sound. The character expresses burning or branding with fire.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is fire 火, and the right side 各 looks like a grid or a brand. Picture a hot iron brand pressing a grid-like mark onto something, burning it in.
Reading mnemonic
For ラク, imagine a red-hot brand sizzling as it burns a mark: the sound 'rack' like a branding rack cues ラク.