容
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to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance
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Dict coverage rank #574 U+5BB9
How 容 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
roof
How to remember it
contain · Heisig RSH #701
house + 谷 valley
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 容 as their sound component
These characters all use 容 (róng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 容 sound component | róng | appearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold |
| 溶 | róng | to melt, to dissolve |
| 蓉 | róng | lotus, hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan |
| 榕 | róng | banyan tree |
Words containing 容
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼里容不得沙子 | yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi | can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom); unable to put sth objectionable out of one's … |
| 无地自容 | wú dì zì róng | (idiom) ashamed and unable to show one's face |
| 水火不容 | shuǐ huǒ bù róng | completely incompatible; lit. incompatible as fire and water |
| 不相容原理 | bù xiāng róng yuán lǐ | (Pauli) exclusion principle (physics) |
| 一山不容二虎 | yī shān bù róng èr hǔ | lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom); fig. this town ain't big enough for the t… |
| 间不容发 | jiān bù róng fà | (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom); in a critical state; on the brink of c… |
| 容城县 | Róng chéng Xiàn | Rongcheng, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei |
| 电解电容 | diàn jiě diàn róng | electrolytic capacitor |
| 不相容 | bù xiāng róng | incompatible |
| 容不得 | róng bu dé | unable to tolerate; intolerant; unable to bear sth |
| 天理难容 | tiān lǐ nán róng | Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom); intolerable behavior |
| 电容器 | diàn róng qì | capacitor |
| 大度包容 | dà dù bāo róng | generous and forgiving |
| 面带病容 | miàn dài bìng róng | to look unwell |
| 大容量 | dà róng liàng | high capacity |
| 包容心 | bāo róng xīn | tolerance; acceptance; inclusivity |
| 华容区 | Huá róng Qū | Huarong, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市[E4 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 华容县 | Huá róng Xiàn | Huarong, a county in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 无处容身 | wú chù róng shēn | nowhere to hide |
| 美容手术 | měi róng shǒu shù | cosmetic surgery |