# 鎔

| 鎔 | U+9394, &#37780; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9394 |
| ← 鎓 [U+9393] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鎕 → [U+9395] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鎔 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金十金口 (CJCR), four-corner 8316$_8$, composition ⿰釒容)

#### Derived characters

* 𪸆

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40704
* Dae Jaweon: page 1816, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4245, character 7
* Unihan data for U+9394

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 螸 | *lo |
| 裕 | *loɡs |
| 容 | *loŋ |
| 溶 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 鎔 | *loŋ |
| 蓉 | *loŋ |
| 傛 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 褣 | *loŋ |
| 搈 | *loŋ |
| 瑢 | *loŋ |
| 嵱 | *loŋ |
| 熔 | *loŋ |
| 榕 | *loŋ |
| 塎 | *loŋʔ |
| 谷 | *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ |
| 唂 | *kloːɡ |
| 焀 | *ɡloːɡ |
| 俗 | *ljoɡ |
| 欲 | *loɡ |
| 浴 | *loɡ |
| 鵒 | *loɡ |
| 峪 | *ɦkloːɡ |
| 鋊 | *loɡ |
| 輍 | *loɡ |
| 慾 | *loɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *loŋ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What relation is there between 融, 鎔, 熔, and 溶?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): róng (rong$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jung$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông / iûⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: róng
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: róng
*** Wade–Giles: jung$^2$
*** Yale: rúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
*** Palladius: жун (žun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jung$^4$
*** Yale: yùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
*** Tâi-lô: iông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: iûnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: yowng
Rime :
| Character | 鎔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 餘封切 |
| Baxter | yowng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨoŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jioŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ioŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /juawŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ioŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭwoŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯woŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鎔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4286 |
| Phonetic component | 谷 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 容 |
| Old Chinese | /*loŋ/ |

### Definitions

鎔
* mould for casting
* to melt by heat; to turn solid into liquid by heat

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to melt by heat
    Synonym: 溶
* mould for casting
    Synonyms: 範, 笵

#### Readings

* Go-on: ゆう (yū)
* Kan-on: よう (yō)
* Kun: いがた (igata, 鎔)、とかす (tokasu, 鎔かす)、とける (tokeru, 鎔ける)、よん (yon)

#### Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 鎔 is mostly replaced by 溶, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

#### Compounds

* 鎔(よう)解(かい) (yōkai) (溶(よう)解(かい), 熔(よう)解(かい))
* 鎔(よう)型(けい) (yōkei)
* 鎔(よう)合(ごう) (yōgō)
* 鎔(よう)滓(さい) (yōsai) (溶(よう)滓(さい))
* 鎔(よう)滓(し) (yōshi) (溶(よう)滓(し))
* 鎔(よう)鋳(しゅ) (yōshu)
* 鎔(よう)銑(せん) (yōsen) (溶(よう)銑(せん))
* 鎔(よう)鋳(ちゅう) (yōchū)
* 鎔(よう)範(はん), 鎔(よう)笵(はん) (yōhan)
* 鎔(よう)冶(や) (yōya) (溶(よう)冶(や))
* 鋳(ちゅう)鎔(よう) (chūyō)

## Korean
### Hanja

鎔 • (yong) (hangeul 용, revised yong, McCune–Reischauer yong, Yale yong)
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