容

音読おんよみ: ヨウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: うかんむり(宀)

Meaning

Contain / Form / Appearance / Tolerate

  • 容器ようき — container
  • 内容ないよう — contents
  • 収容しゅうよう — accommodation; housing
  • 容赦ようしゃ — forgiveness; leniency
  • 美容びよう — beauty
  • 簡易容器かんいようき — disposable container
  • 容姿ようし — appearance; figure
  • 変容へんよう — transformation; metamorphosis

The top radical 宀 shows a roof; the inner component 谷 (phonetic) supplies the sound. 容 conveys ideas like “to contain” and “form,” used for both outward appearance and inner capacity or content.

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