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Kotomora

容

contain, form, looks

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 500Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • ヨウ

Kun'yomi

  • い.れる

Nanori

  • かた
  • ひろ
  • まさ

Meaning

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.

Most common words using 容

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  • 内容ないよう
    N3

    contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

  • 容疑ようぎ

    suspicion; charge

  • 美容びよう
    N2

    beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; (beautiful) features

  • 容易ようい
    N3

    easy; simple; plain

  • 容量ようりょう

    capacity; volume

  • 容赦ようしゃ
    N1

    pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; overlooking

  • 収容しゅうよう
    N1

    accommodation; taking in; receiving; housing; seating; admission (of patients, students, etc.)

  • 容器ようき
    N3

    container; receptacle; vessel; packaging

  • 容姿ようし
    N1

    (physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

  • 許容きょよう
    N1

    permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

  • 容認ようにん

    approval; acceptance; toleration

  • 寛容かんよう
    N1

    tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

  • 受容じゅよう

    reception

  • 変容へんよう
    N1

    change in appearance; transformation

  • 形容けいよう

    description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); modification; figurative expression; figure of speech; metaphor

  • 全容ぜんよう

    full portrait; whole aspect; full story

  • 形容詞けいようし
    N2

    adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

  • 容易いたやすい
    N1

    easy; simple; light

  • 容積ようせき
    N2

    capacity; volume

  • 陣容じんよう

    battle formation; battle array

  • 容疑者ようぎしゃ
    N1

    suspect

  • 収容所しゅうようじょ

    housing facility; detention facility; internment camp; prisoner-of-war camp; concentration camp; refugee camp; asylum

  • 美容師びようし
    N3

    beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist

  • 美容院びよういん
    N4

    beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon

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Etymology

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.

Meaning mnemonic

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.

Reading mnemonic

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.