荣

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glory; honor; thriving

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HSK 3.0: Level 5
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 9
Radical: 艸 +6
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 榮
Common rank: #1,013
Unicode: U+8363

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 荣 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Grass 艹 and trees 木 flourishing in a garden 冖

Components 艹冖木

How to remember it

glory · Heisig RSH #867

greenhouse + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 荣

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
长荣海运	Cháng róng Hǎi yùn	Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan shipping line)
新荣区	Xīn róng Qū	Xinrong, a district of Datong City 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4], Shanxi
荣成市	Róng chéng Shì	Rongcheng, a county-level city in Weihai City 威海市[Wei1 hai3 Shi4], Shandong
得荣县	Dé róng Xiàn	Dêrong, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi…
大东亚共荣圈	Dà Dōng yà Gòng róng quān	Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacifi…
田中角荣	Tián zhōng Jiǎo róng	Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974
长荣航空	Cháng róng Háng kōng	EVA Air, Taiwanese international airline
万荣县	Wàn róng Xiàn	Wanrong, a county in Yuncheng City 運城市\|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi
张国荣	Zhāng Guó róng	Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
荣县	Róng Xiàn	Rong County or Rongxian, a county in Zigong City 自貢市\|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan
荣市	Róng shì	Vinh, Vietnam
马荣	Mǎ róng	Mayon (volcano in Philippines)
引以为荣	yǐn yǐ wéi róng	to regard it as an honor (idiom)
长荣	Cháng róng	Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate
新荣	Xīn róng	see 新榮區\|新荣区[Xin1 rong2 Qu1]
荣成	Róng chéng	see 榮成市\|荣成市[Rong2 cheng2 Shi4]
光荣	guāng róng	honor and glory; glorious
荣光	róng guāng	glory
荣归主	róng guī zhǔ	Gloria (section of Catholic mass)
荣民	róng mín	(Tw) retired soldier; veteran (abbr. for 榮譽國民\|荣誉国民[rong2 yu4 guo2 min2])

Sound family

These characters use 荣 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
荣 sound part	róng	glory, honor; to flourish, to prosper
蝾	róng	lizard
嵘	róng	high, lofty, steep, towering