容

容	U+5BB9, 容 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB9

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

容 (radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金人口 (JCOR), four-corner 3060₈, composition ⿱宀谷)

Derived characters[edit]

傛, 𠹍, 塎, 嫆, 嵱, 愹, 搈, 溶, 𬁎, 𬲄, 榕, 𣯔, 熔, 瑢, 𪿮, 穃, 𫃻, 𦗋, 𬠣, 褣, 𫍇, 䡥, 鎔(镕), 鰫(𫚦), 彮, 𣤄, 㼸, 𪃾, 𫶎, 蓉, 䈶, 𣘏, 㮤

References[edit]

KangXi: page 287, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7172
Dae Jaweon: page 567, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 933, character 17
Unihan data for U+5BB9

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		容
alternative forms		㝐頌 “looks”

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 容
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (谷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
螸	*lo
裕	*loɡs
容	*loŋ
溶	loŋ, loŋʔ
鎔	*loŋ
蓉	*loŋ
傛	loŋ, loŋʔ
褣	*loŋ
搈	*loŋ
瑢	*loŋ
嵱	*loŋ
熔	*loŋ
榕	*loŋ
塎	*loŋʔ
谷	ɦkroːɡ, kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂	*kloːɡ
焀	*ɡloːɡ
俗	*ljoɡ
欲	*loɡ
浴	*loɡ
鵒	*loɡ
峪	*ɦkloːɡ
鋊	*loɡ
輍	*loɡ
慾	*loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *loŋ): semantic 宀 + phonetic 公 (OC *kloːŋ) – to hold; to contain.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): róng (rong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng
Min Dong (BUC): ṳ̀ng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): iông

(Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): hhion (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: róng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Wade–Giles: jung²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
  - Tongyong Pinyin: róng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁴
  - Yale: yùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: iungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
  - Tâi-lô: iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iong⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhion (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi̯ʊŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /jɨoŋ/

Rime
Character	容
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘封切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋ/
Li Rong	/ioŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)oŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	容	容
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	róng	róng
Middle Chinese	‹ yowng ›	‹ yowng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)oŋ/	/*[ɢ](r)oŋ/
English	contain	appearance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	容
Reading #	1/1
No.	4284
Phonetic component	谷
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	容
Old Chinese	/*loŋ/
Notes	說文古文從公，小徐作谷聲

Definitions[edit]

容

to hold; to contain
to tolerate; to stand
to allow; to permit
請容我說兩句 / 请容我说两句 ― qǐng róng wǒ shuō liǎng jù ― Please allow me to say something
perhaps; maybe
facial appearance; looks
bearing; posture
A surname.
(～縣) Rong County, Yulin, Guangxi

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 容

不容 (bùróng)
不容人
不容分說／不容分说 (bùróngfēnshuō)
不容情
不容易 (bùróngyì)
不容物
不容置喙 (bùróngzhìhuì)
不容置疑 (bùróngzhìyí)
不相容
不輕容易／不轻容易
九畹遺容／九畹遗容 (Jiǔ Wǎn Yíróng)
以容取人
依阿取容
修容
倉容／仓容
倦容 (juànróng)
偷合取容
偷合苟容
僅容旋馬／仅容旋马
儀容／仪容 (yíróng)
優容／优容
先容
內容／内容 (nèiróng)
公路容量
兼容並蓄／兼容并蓄
兼容并包
冶容 (yěróng)
冶容誨淫／冶容诲淫
刻不容緩／刻不容缓 (kèbùrónghuǎn)
動容／动容 (dòngróng)
包容 (bāoróng)
取容
吐舊容新／吐旧容新
和容悅色／和容悦色
咕容
喜容
回容
國容／国容
大度包容
天地不容
天容
天理不容
天理難容／天理难容 (tiānlǐnánróng)
太容
失容
夸容
好不容易 (hǎobùróngyì)
好容易 (hǎoróngyì)
婉容
婦容／妇容
媮合苟容
家道從容／家道从容
容不下 (róngbùxià)
容乞
容俟
容儀／容仪
容允
容光 (róngguāng)
容光煥發／容光焕发 (róngguānghuànfā)
容冶
容刀
容受 (róngshòu)
容器 (róngqì)
容城 (Róngchéng)
容容
容忍 (róngrěn)
容恕 (róngshù)
容悅／容悦
容情
容態／容态 (róngtài)
容成
容或
容敘／容叙
容日
容易 (róngyì)
容止
容留
容積／容积 (róngjī)
容積率／容积率
容範／容范
容納／容纳 (róngnà)
容美 (Róngměi)
容膝
容臭 (róngxiù)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Go-on: ゆう (yū)
Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)
Kun: いれる (ireru, 容れる); ゆるす (yurusu, 容す); かたち (katachi)
Nanori: かた (kata); ひろ (hiro); まさ (masa); のり (nori)

Usage notes[edit]

Formerly used as man'yōgana for the back-vowel variant 甲類 (kōrui) of よ (yo).

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

冶容(やよう) (yayō): putting on makeup, a charming figure
容量(ようりょう) (yōryō)
容易(ようい) (yōi)
容器(ようき) (yōki)
容赦(ようしゃ) (yōsha)
容認(ようにん) (yōnin)
寛容(かんよう) (kan'yō)
受容(じゅよう) (juyō)
許容(きょよう) (kyoyō)

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

容(かたち) • (katachi)

Alternative form of 形

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
容
よう Grade: 5
kan’on

Pronunciation[edit]

On’yomi: Kan’on
- IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

Affix[edit]

容(よう) • (yō)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

容 (eumhun 얼굴 용 (eolgul yong))

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Compounds[edit]

용모 (容貌, yongmo)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

容 (dung, dong, dông, gióng, giông, ròng, rông, rung)

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容

Contents

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