酪 lào cream
cream; cheese
How to remember 酪: 酉 whisky bottle + 各 each = cream. The farmer's wife fills an old whisky bottle with fresh milk for each child, then brings bread with cream.
Component breakdown
酪 = 酉 whisky bottle + 各 each
- 酉 whisky bottle
- 各 each
- 夂 pursue
- 口 mouth
The farmer's wife fills an old whisky bottle with fresh milk for each child, then brings bread with cream.
How it is used
- Bound to dairy: 奶酪 (nǎilào) cheese, 干酪 (gānlào) hard cheese.
- Note the reading is lào, not luò - a common misread.
- Historically the word for curdled/fermented milk products; today it just means cheese in 奶酪.