róng

to melt

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

容 sound component

  Sound component

róng

  

contain; appearance

Evolution

溶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
溶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

róng

to melt, dissolve; overflowing with; to dissolve; soluble

Most common words with 溶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

soluble

溶液

solution (chemistry)

溶解

to dissolve

溶剂

solvent

溶化

to melt