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烊

yáng / yàng
verb

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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