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容 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「宀」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
On
ヨウよう · yō
Kun
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Meaning
to contain; form; appearance

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

宀 "house" over 谷 "valley"; both hold much within — hence "to contain," and "form, looks."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヨウようyō容易ようい容器ようき形容けいよう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 内容ないよう

    contents

  • 容器ようき

    container

More words with this kanji

  • 容赦ようしゃ
  • 寛容かんよう
  • 容喙ようかい
  • 容量ようりょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

手紙(てがみ)の内容(ないよう)を家族(かぞく)に話(はな)した。

I told my family the contents of the letter.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

内容容器容内inside器vessel寄to dra…孑alone孒mosqui…宇heaven…宅home幺tiny夭to die…用to use孕to con…幼infant
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 宀Map of reading ヨウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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