容
contain, form, looks
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
24 of 262- 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
Study
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.