容 – contain, form, looks

10 strokesTaught in grade 5#264 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 容 means contain, form, looks. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is い.れる (ireru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	い.れる	ireru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: 穴・口・谷・ハ・个・宀.

Words using 容

容易よういeasy容器ようきcontainer内容ないようcontents美容びようbeauty容積ようせきcapacity形容詞けいようしadjective形容動詞けいようどうしadjectival noun (in Japanese)寛容かんようtolerance許容きょようpermission収容しゅうようaccommodation

Example sentences

ココの知能指数を調べるのは容易ではない。

Testing Koko's IQ is not easy.

Tatoeba #224351

これらの容器は気密になっている。

These containers are airtight.

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仮の議事内容を送付しました。

Attached is the tentative agenda.

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Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官宅害宮審守察室客完富寄

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