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榕

róng

Character

What 榕 means

1. Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa)

Other readings

榕 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• RóngRong, another name for Fuzhou {福州|Fú zhōu}

Example sentences

• 无花果由榕小蜂授粉。
  Figs are pollinated by fig wasps.

Words starting with 榕

• 榕树róng shùbanyan
• 榕城区Róng chéng QūRongcheng, a district of Jieyang City 揭阳市
• 榕江县Róng jiāng XiànRongjiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
• 榕城Róng chéngsee 榕城区
• 榕江Róng jiāngsee 榕江县

Characters built on 容

These share the phonetic component 容 (róng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 溶róngto dissolve; soluble
• 熔róngto smelt; to fuse
• 蓉róngpaste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉
• 镕róngto smelt; to fuse; variant of 熔

Characters that look like 榕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 熔róngto smelt; to fuse
• 膝xīknee
• 瘩daused in 疙瘩
• 褴lánused in 褴褛
• 膑bìnvariant of 髌

Sounds the same

Read róng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 容to hold; to contain; to allow
• 荣glory; honor; thriving
• 融to melt; to thaw; to blend
• 溶to dissolve; soluble
• 绒velvet; woolen
• 蓉paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉
• 熔to smelt; to fuse
• 戎generic term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs
• 茸(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
• 嵘used in 峥嵘
• 瑢used in 瑽瑢
• 蝾salamander