熔 (róng) — to smelt, to fuse (metal)
Definition
verb
to smeltto fuse (metal)
Examples
- 。Tiě zài gāo wēn xià róng huà le.The iron melted under high temperature.
- 熔。Gōng rén róng jīn zi zhì zuò shǒu shì.Workers smelt gold to make jewelry.
- 。Zhè zhǒng jīn shǔ hěn nán róng huà.This kind of metal is very hard to melt.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
熔 has 火 on the left, showing fire, and 容 on the right, giving its sound.
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