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Kanji Detail for 容 - "contain, accept, appearance"

  • Meaning

    容 means "contain, accept, appearance."

    1. Contain - To hold inside; to accommodate.

    2. Accept - To receive; to permit.

    3. Appearance - The outward look; form.

    4. Easy - Simple; not difficult.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    contain; form; looks

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    looks, appearance; figure, form

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Rong

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    appearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To receive; to contain. Such as 休休有容, meaning one's capacity is great enough to accommodate many. The amount a container can hold is called 容量. | Appearance. One's manner is called 容止. Beautiful looks are called 玉容. Getting a haircut is called 整容. Also, being composed without losing composure is called 從容. Describing the state of things is called 形容. | A particle. Such as "no need" is 無容; "need not" is 不容. | Perhaps. Such as 容或有之.
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Sentences including

  • Easier said than done.

  • Mary asked after his father.

  • His speech contained very little matter.

  • The problem is far from easy.

  • There wasn't much in what he said.

  • The contents of the letter were secret.

  • It is not easy to be understood by everybody.

  • Can you make out the meaning easily?

  • The question is not so easy that anyone can answer it.

  • I asked after my sick friend.

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