róng
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
Róngyuán shēnghuó zài qīngliáng gānjìng de xīliú hé chítáng lǐ.
Newts live in cool, clean streams and ponds.
HSK 7-9
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