蓉

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paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “flower” + 容 sound ( róng )

Components 艹容

cottonrose hibiscus (B) · Heisig RSH #2990

flower + 容 contain

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
豆蓉包	dòu róng bāo	bean paste bun
出水芙蓉	chū shuǐ fú róng	as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's fa…
芙蓉出水	fú róng chū shuǐ	lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom); fig. to blossom (of poem or art)
蓉城	Róng chéng	nickname for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
大唐芙蓉园	Dà táng Fú róng yuán	Tang Paradise in Xi'an
莲蓉包	lián róng bāo	lotus seed bun
豆蓉	dòu róng	sweetened bean paste
芙蓉区	Fú róng Qū	Furong, a district of Changsha City 長沙市\|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan
芙蓉花	fú róng huā	cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus
阿芙蓉	ā fú róng	opium
木芙蓉	mù fú róng	cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis)
莲蓉	lián róng	lotus seed paste
薯蓉	shǔ róng	mashed potatoes
椰蓉	yē róng	desiccated coconut; shredded coconut
蒜蓉	suàn róng	thoroughly mashed or minced garlic; garlic paste
芙蓉	fú róng	cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus; foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an ome…

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
容 sound part	róng	appearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold
溶	róng	to melt, to dissolve
榕	róng	banyan tree

Real sentences with 蓉 — read them aloud, then paste your own into the converter.

芙蓉花开了。

Fúróng huā kāi le.

The hibiscus flowers are blooming.
蓉城的秋天很美。

Róngchéng de qiūtiān hěn měi.

Autumn in Rongcheng (Chengdu) is beautiful.

Usage tip: 蓉很少单独用，几乎只出现在芙蓉 (hibiscus) 和蓉城 (Chengdu's nickname) 里。