róng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the newt; the salamander (in the compound 蝾螈)

Examples

Róngyuán shēnghuó zài qīngliáng gānjìng de xīliú hé chítáng lǐ.
Newts live in cool, clean streams and ponds.
Róngyuán néng chóngxīn zhǎng chū duàn diào de wěiba.
A newt can regrow a lost tail.

Tips

usage
Bound to 蝾螈 ('newt' / 'salamander'), a small tailed amphibian. Despite the insect radical, it is not a bug — old classification grouped many small crawling creatures under that radical.

Components

radical
chóng
insect; small creature
The radical historically covered all sorts of small crawling animals, not just insects — which is why a newt, a little amphibian, is written with it.
phonetic
róng
glory; flourishing
Supplies the sound exactly: standalone reads róng, matching this character. Purely phonetic, with no meaning carried to the creature.

Stroke Order

róng