熨

yùn

an iron

to iron

officer (尉) + fire (火) = iron clothes flat with heat

火 anchors the meaning: heat is what makes ironing work. 尉 mainly contributes the yùn sound and does not add semantic weight here.

尉+火→熨

尉An officerPhonetic

火FireSemantic

这件衬衫需要熨一下。

zhè jiàn chèn shān xū yào yùn yī xià。

This shirt needs to be ironed a bit.

你能帮我把这条裤子熨平吗？

nǐ néng bāng wǒ bǎ zhè tiáo kù zi yùn píng ma？

Can you help me iron these trousers flat?

熨斗

yùn dǒu

clothes iron

熨法

yùn fǎ

application of a hot compress (TCM)

熨烫

yùn tàng

to iron (clothes)