鎔
róng

fuse

A mold that holds 容 hot metal 釒; 容 also provides the pronunciation

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
容
容 SoundMeaning component
róng contain; appearance

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋ

說文解字

冶器法也。从金容聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

镕 róng fuse Simplified

A mold that holds 容 hot metal 钅; 容 also provides the pronunciation

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal
容
容 SoundMeaning component
róng contain; appearance

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode