溶
to dissolve; soluble
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,875 U+6EB6
How 溶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 容 (phonetic, róng)
How to remember it
dissolve · Heisig RSH #702
水 water + 容 contain
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 容
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 容 (róng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 容 sound component | róng | appearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold |
| 蓉 | róng | lotus, hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan |
| 榕 | róng | banyan tree |
Words containing 溶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水溶性 | shuǐ róng xìng | soluble (in water); solubility |
| 溶小体 | róng xiǎo tǐ | see 溶酶體|溶酶体[rong2 mei2 ti3] |
| 可溶性 | kě róng xìng | solubility |
| 溶解性 | róng jiě xìng | soluble; solubility |
| 溶小体储积症 | róng xiǎo tǐ chǔ jī zhèng | lysosomal storage disease (LSD) |
| 溶血病 | róng xuè bìng | hemolytic disease of newborn (breakdown of red blood cells due to alloimmune reaction betw… |
| 溶源性 | róng yuán xìng | lysogeny (reproduction cycle of bacteriophage 噬菌體|噬菌体[shi4 jun1 ti3]) |
| 溶解度 | róng jiě dù | solubility |
| 气溶胶 | qì róng jiāo | aerosol |
| 不溶 | bù róng | insoluble |
| 水溶 | shuǐ róng | water soluble |
| 溶化 | róng huà | to melt; to dissolve (of sugar etc) |
| 可溶 | kě róng | soluble |
| 溶蚀作用 | róng shí zuò yòng | dissolving; erosion by groundwater; corrosion |
| 溶血 | róng xuè | hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells leading to anemia) |
| 溶解 | róng jiě | to dissolve |
| 溶质 | róng zhì | solute |
| 溶剂 | róng jì | solvent |
| 微溶 | wēi róng | slightly soluble |
| 易溶 | yì róng | soluble |