róng

hibiscus

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

容 sound component

  Sound component

róng

  

contain; appearance

Evolution

蓉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蓉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

róng

hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan; see 芙蓉[fú​róng], lotus; food that has been minced, shredded, or ground into a paste, suitable for stuffing or making a sauce

 

Róng

short name for Chengdu 成都[Chéng​dū]

Most common words with 蓉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

芙蓉

hibiscus

hibiscus

椰蓉

desiccated coconut

蓉城

nickname for Chengdu 成都[Chéng​dū]

芙蓉区

Furong district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Cháng​shā​shì], Hunan