róng
noun #10,553

Meanings

  1. 1 velvet
  2. 2 down
  3. 3 woolen

Examples

Róngmáo
fine hair; down
Tiān'éróng
velvet

Tips

memory
(silk) + (military) — soft fabric for soldiers' clothing

Components

radical
silk; thread (radical form of 糸)
Left silk radical — three strokes for a hank of twisted thread, the side-form of (Kangxi #120). Indexes in the textile family: silk, gauze, cotton-floss, 线 thread. The radical states immediately that this character names some kind of fibre or woven material.
phonetic
róng
weapon; warfare (here phonetic)
Right supplies the sound — róng unchanged. itself depicts a halberd over a shield, picturing arms of war; that meaning contributes nothing here. Pure phonetic role. Same phonetic gives (downy, soft hair) — a close cousin of that shares the 'soft fluff' imagery from a different radical.

Stroke Order

róng