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容

róng

contain; appearance

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

公 sound component

公  Sound component

gōng

  

public

Evolution

容 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
容 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
容 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
容 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

容  

róng

looks, appearance; figure, form; to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance

容  

Róng

surname Rong

Most common words with 容
Freq.
Word
Meaning

容易

easy

内容

content

容

to hold

笑容

smile

形容

to describe

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

熔 鎔 镕

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

溶 蓉 鎔 镕 榕

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ](r)oŋ

yowng

róng

contain

*[ɢ](r)oŋ

yowng

róng

appearance


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 72.7535% of movies

589th most common character in movies

442nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+5BB9

Shuowen

“容，盛也。从宀、谷。，古文容从公。”


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