contain, form, looks
容 centers on holding something within a defined space: containing, shaping, or presenting an outward appearance. The meanings "contain," "form," and "looks" all flow from this idea of a container giving shape and visible form to its contents.
容 combines 宀 (roof, building) with 谷 (valley), suggesting a hollow space that can contain things. The idea of a container extends naturally to form and appearance.
Under a roof 宀, a valley 谷 forms a natural container. Picture a house built over a valley, holding everything inside and giving it shape—that's 容: contain, form, and looks.
For ヨウ, imagine a container shaped like a yo-yo: yo-yo -> ヨウ. The yo-yo's form contains the string, just as 容 contains its contents.
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
suspicion; charge
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; (beautiful) features
easy; simple; plain
capacity; volume
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; overlooking
accommodation; taking in; receiving; housing; seating; admission (of patients, students, etc.)
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
approval; acceptance; toleration
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
reception
change in appearance; transformation
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); modification; figurative expression; figure of speech; metaphor
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
easy; simple; light
capacity; volume
battle formation; battle array
tolerance; broad-mindedness
housing facility; detention facility; internment camp; prisoner-of-war camp; concentration camp; refugee camp; asylum
suspect
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly