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.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yon
    • MiniDict: yon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: yowng

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
Baxter	yowng
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung4

• 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

(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

(grade 5 “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