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容: contain, form

Also: looks

JLPT N310 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

宀 carries the meaning · 谷 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 形容詞けいようしadjective
  • 美容院びよういんbeauty salon
  • 内容ないようcontents, details
  • 容器ようきcontainer
  • 容姿ようしappearance
  • 容量ようりょうcapacity
  • 容態ようだい/ようたいone's condition, health
  • 容疑者ようぎしゃsuspect [n.]
  • 許容するきょようするpardon [v.t.]
  • 収容するしゅうようするhouse, seat [v.t.]
  • 受容するじゅようするaccept, receive

Also read いれる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)宀 (meaning) + 公 (sound)

To hold; to contain.

Source: Wiktionary, 容 (rev. 92160912), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“House (宀) + valley (谷). A "house" that is as spacious as a "valley," able to "contain" or "admit" many people and things—also used for outward appearance.”
From the 谷 valley story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宀

Also built on roof (宀)

All 41
谷

Also built on valley (谷)

All 4

容 takes the 谷 family's reading, ヨウ (you).

Also read ヨウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
容 contain · 宀
vs浴 bathe · 氵
容 has 宀 where 浴 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · róng

Same form: 容 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
容 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
容 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin róng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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