Ideographic: A mold that holds 容 hot metal 钅; 容 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for róng:

  • - to smelt
  • - to fuse
  • - variant of 熔 variant of 熔炉 , smelting furnace
  • - forgevariant of 大熔爐 |大熔炉 , lit. large smelting furnace
  • - fig. the mixing of different ethnicities and cultures
  • - Melting PotZhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003