Character: 容
Modern (Beijing) reading: róng
Preclassic Old Chinese: loŋ
Classic Old Chinese: loŋ
Western Han Chinese: loŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: źoŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: źoŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: joŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: joŋ
Middle Chinese: jöuŋ
English meaning : be generous, indulge; treat generously, with generosity; to refine, adorn
Comments: Also used for homonymous *loŋ 'ceremonial knife' and *loŋ 'to contain, hold'. The word also means '(what is contained) > interior, inside', and Viet. lòng may be an archaic (Han time) loan from this source; standard Sino-Viet. is dung.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1187 a
Vietnamese reading: lòng
