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容 — to hold; to contain; to allow

to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look

Pinyin
róng · Róng
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — róng, Róng — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 容: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

容 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 容 in the HSK syllabus: 23

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 容易róngyìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt toHSK 3
  2. 内容nèiróngcontent; substance; detailsHSK 4
  3. 形容xíngróngto describe; countenance; appearanceHSK 5
  4. 好容易hǎoróngyìwith great difficulty; to have a hard time; so easyHSK 6
  5. 容量róngliàngcapacity; volume; quantitativeHSK 6
  6. 笑容xiàoróngsmile; smiling expressionHSK 6
  7. 包容bāoróngto pardon; to forgive; to show tolerance; to containHSK 7–9
  8. 不容bùróngmust not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerateHSK 7–9
  9. 从容cóngróngto go easy; unhurried; calmHSK 7–9
  10. 从容不迫cóngróng-búpòcalm; unruffledHSK 7–9
  11. 兼容jiānróngcompatibleHSK 7–9
  12. 刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎnto brook no delay; to demand immediate actionHSK 7–9
  13. 宽容kuānrónglenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgiveHSK 7–9
  14. 美容měiróngto improve one's appearanceHSK 7–9
  15. 容光焕发róngguāng-huànfāface glowing; looking radiant; all smilesHSK 7–9
  16. 容貌róngmàoone's appearance; one's aspect; looks; featuresHSK 7–9
  17. 容纳róngnàto hold; to contain; to accommodate; to tolerateHSK 7–9
  18. 容器róngqìreceptacle; vessel; containerHSK 7–9
  19. 容忍róngrěnto put up with; to tolerateHSK 7–9
  20. 容许róngxǔto permit; to allowHSK 7–9
  21. 容颜róngyánmien; complexionHSK 7–9
  22. 阵容zhènróngtroop arrangement; battle formation; lineupHSK 7–9
  23. 纵容zòngróngto tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow to engage in bad behaviorHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.