熔

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to smelt; to fuse

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To form 容 hot metal 火; 容 also provides the pronunciation

Components 火容

fuse · Heisig RSH #1954

火 fire + 容 contain

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
熔断机制	róng duàn jī zhì	(finance) trading curb; circuit breaker
熔化点	róng huà diǎn	melting point
熔岩流	róng yán liú	lava flow
熔断丝	róng duàn sī	fuse wire
玄武质熔岩	xuán wǔ zhì róng yán	basalt; also written 玄熔岩[xuan2 rong2 yan2]
热熔胶	rè róng jiāo	hot-melt adhesive; hot glue
熔岩湖	róng yán hú	lava lake
熔化	róng huà	to melt (of ice, metals etc)
助熔剂	zhù róng jì	flux
熔点	róng diǎn	melting point
大熔炉	dà róng lú	lit. large smelting furnace; fig. the mixing of different ethnicities and cultures; Meltin…
熔解	róng jiě	fusion
枕状熔岩	zhěn zhuàng róng yán	(geology) pillow lava
熔核	róng hé	weld nugget
熔断	róng duàn	(of fuse wire) to melt; to blow; (fig.) to halt stock trading; (fig.) to suspend an airlin…
熔岩	róng yán	(geology) lava
熔矿炉	róng kuàng lú	furnace
熔融	róng róng	to melt; to fuse
熔炉	róng lú	smelting furnace; forge
熔浆	róng jiāng	lava, magma or other molten material (metal, glass etc)