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烊

yáng / yàng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to smelt
  2. 2 to melt (metal)

Examples

工匠把铅烊成了液体。
Gōngjiàng bǎ qiān yáng chéng le yètǐ.
The craftsman smelted the lead until it ran like liquid.
金属烊了，就可以倒进模子里。
Jīnshǔ yáng le, jiù kěyǐ dào jìn múzi lǐ.
Once the metal is molten, it can be poured into the mold.

Tips

register
Read 烊 for the older, literary sense of metal melting into liquid under fire. This usage is uncommon today; modern speech mostly uses 熔化 for melting metal.

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
The fire radical, since the root idea is melting under heat. In 打烊 that 'shutting down the fire' image extends to a shop closing for the night.
phonetic
羊 yáng
sheep; goat
Supplies the sound. 羊 yáng gives the base reading; in the 'close shop' sense the tone shifts to yàng. Its 'sheep' meaning plays no role here.

Stroke Order

烊 yáng