容

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 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

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		容
alternative forms		㝐 頌 “looks”

Glyph origin

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／形声, OC *loŋ) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 公 (OC *kloːŋ) – to hold; to contain.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 容

1. to hold; to contain
2. to tolerate; to stand
3. 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

4. perhaps; maybe
5. facial appearance; looks
6. bearing; posture
7. a surname
8. (～縣) Rong County, Yulin, Guangxi

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

容

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. contain
2. forgive, allow, permit
3. shape, appearance

Readings

• 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

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

Compounds

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)

Noun

容(かたち) • (katachi) 

1. Alternative form of 形

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Korean

Hanja

容 (eumhun 얼굴 용 (eolgul yong))

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Compounds

• 용모 (容貌, yongmo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

• Nom Foundation