熔 róng
verb
: to smelt; to fuse
Kun Reading
とける tokeru
ichidan verb
: to melt; thaw; fuse; dissolve
On Reading
よう you
Usage:
熔化 rong2hua4: to melt (ice; metals)
熔岩 rong2yan2: lava [ようがん yougan]
熔毀 rong2hui3: meltdown; (nuclear fuel) to melt down
熔爐 rong2lu2: smelting furnace; forge
variant: 鎔爐[镕炉] rong2lu2: smelting furnace; forge
熔融 rong2 rong2: to melt; to fuse [ようゆう youyuu: melting; fusion]
電[电]熔 dian4rong2: electrofusion
重熔 zhong4rong2: refusion
Japanese
炉心熔融 | ろしんようゆう roshin youyuu: core meltdown; meltdown; nuclear reactor core meltdown
Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
火 (huo3: fire) suggests the meaning while
容 (rong2: hold/contain) provides the sound.
Semantic/Historical variant:
鎔[镕]
n/a
形声 Pictophonetic.
火 (huo3: fire) suggests the meaning while
容 (rong2: hold/contain) provides the sound.
Semantic/Historical variant:
鎔[镕]
Examples:
n/a
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
