容

róng

to hold

surname Rong; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance

roof (宀) + valley (谷) = contain, tolerate, countenance

A valley (谷) under a roof (宀) suggests a sheltered hollow — a space that holds and contains. From that sense of physical capacity comes the idea of tolerance and outward appearance.

宀+谷→容
宀RoofSemantic
谷ValleyPhonetic, Semantic

这个箱子能容很多东西。

zhè ge xiāng zi néng róng hěn duō dōng xi。

This box can hold a lot of things.

他不容别人说他的坏话。

tā bù róng bié rén shuō tā de huài huà。

He does not tolerate others speaking badly of him.

Words with 容

纵容

zòng róng

to indulge

不容置疑

bù róng zhì yí

unquestionable

不相容

bù xiāng róng

incompatible

美容师

měi róng shī

hairdresser

宽容

kuān róng

lenient

容错

róng cuò

(of a system) fault-tolerant

句容市

jù róng shì

Jurong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangsu

遗容

yí róng

the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects)

邹容

zōu róng

Zou Rong (1885-1905), a martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, died in jail in 1905

重形式轻内容

zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róng

heavy on form, light on substance

间不容发

jiān bù róng fà

(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom)

阵容

zhèn róng

troop arrangement

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