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溶

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to dissolve; soluble

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
13
Radical
水 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
溶
Common rank
#1,875
Unicode
U+6EB6

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Formation & memory

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How 溶 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 容 sound ( róng )

Components 氵 容

How to remember it

dissolve · Heisig RSH #702

水 water + 容 contain

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 溶

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
水溶性 shuǐ róng xìng soluble (in water); solubility
溶小体 róng xiǎo tǐ see 溶酶體|溶酶体[rong2 mei2 ti3]
可溶性 kě róng xìng solubility
溶解性 róng jiě xìng soluble; solubility
溶小体储积症 róng xiǎo tǐ chǔ jī zhèng lysosomal storage disease (LSD)
溶血病 róng xuè bìng hemolytic disease of newborn (breakdown of red blood cells due to alloimmune reaction betw…
溶源性 róng yuán xìng lysogeny (reproduction cycle of bacteriophage 噬菌體|噬菌体[shi4 jun1 ti3])
溶解度 róng jiě dù solubility
气溶胶 qì róng jiāo aerosol
不溶 bù róng insoluble
水溶 shuǐ róng water soluble
溶化 róng huà to melt; to dissolve (of sugar etc)
可溶 kě róng soluble
溶蚀作用 róng shí zuò yòng dissolving; erosion by groundwater; corrosion
溶血 róng xuè hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells leading to anemia)
溶解 róng jiě to dissolve
溶质 róng zhì solute
溶剂 róng jì solvent
微溶 wēi róng slightly soluble
易溶 yì róng soluble

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 容 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
容 sound part róng appearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold
蓉 róng lotus, hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan
榕 róng banyan tree