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熔

róng

Character

What 熔 means

1. to smelt
2. to fuse

Words starting with 熔

• 熔化róng huàto melt (of ice, metals etc)
• 熔炉róng lúsmelting furnace; forge
• 熔岩róng yán(geology) lava
• 熔断róng duàn(of fuse wire) to melt; to blow; (fig.) to halt stock trading…
• 熔核róng héweld nugget
• 熔毁róng huǐmeltdown; (of nuclear fuel) to melt down
• 熔浆róng jiānglava, magma or other molten material (metal, glass etc)
• 熔炼róng liànto smelt
• 熔融róng róngto melt; to fuse
• 熔解róng jiěfusion
• 熔点róng diǎnmelting point
• 熔化点róng huà diǎnmelting point
• 熔岩流róng yán liúlava flow
• 熔岩湖róng yán húlava lake
• 熔断丝róng duàn sīfuse wire
• 熔矿炉róng kuàng lúfurnace
• 熔断机制róng duàn jī zhì(finance) trading curb; circuit breaker
• 熔渣róng zhāslag (smelting)
• 熔岩穹丘róng yán qióng qiūmagma dome

Words containing 熔

• 助熔剂zhù róng jìflux
• 大熔炉dà róng lúlit. large smelting furnace; fig. the mixing of different ethnicities and cultures…
• 热熔胶rè róng jiāohot-melt adhesive; hot glue
• 枕状熔岩zhěn zhuàng róng yán(geology) pillow lava
• 玄武质熔岩xuán wǔ zhì róng yánbasalt; also written 玄熔岩

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
• 蓉róngpaste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉
• 榕róngChinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa)
• 镕róngto smelt; to fuse; variant of 熔

Characters that look like 熔

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

• 踪zōng(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 溶róngto dissolve; soluble
• 嫁jià(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
• 煽shānto fan into a flame; to incite
• 瘩daused in 疙瘩
• 煅duànto calcine; variant of 锻

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
• 榕Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa)
• 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