烙

Cantonese · source Jyutpinglok3#

Meanings · lok3

  1. to brand
  2. to iron
  3. to bake (in a pan)
  4. to parch
  5. to roast
Cantonese · source Jyutpinglok6#

Meanings · lok6

  1. to brand
  2. to iron
  3. to bake (in a pan)
  4. to parch
  5. to roast
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

loklok1—lok2—络lok3net-likelok4—lok5—樂lok6happy

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 烙 lào CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto brand; to iron; to bake (in a pan)
  • 烙 luò CC-CEDICT · Mandarinused in 炮烙 páo luò

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: lao4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 5 senses · 2 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lok3 · lok6

Cantonese word readings for 烙. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

  1. to brand; to mark on livestock with hot metallic object
  2. to iron
  3. to pan-fry
  4. to burn; to cauterize

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) to show off (one's abilities in a language)

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Source lines 30,009, 30,010 · Original publisher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edition & transformations

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity烙 烙 [lao4] {lok3} /to brand/to iron/to bake (in a pan)/to parch/to roast/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: b29bbe2b96857416899c3378619ffe91713f78de1db2b109a742363a11f824e3

烙 烙 [lao4] {lok6} /to brand/to iron/to bake (in a pan)/to parch/to roast/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: f8a76c7af4935104947505d2ddd659c057994f3557a30da6b84a318a9dbc2e67