# 容 — contain; appearance

容 means “contain; appearance”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: ヨウ (you). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: contain; appearance
- On'yomi: ヨウ (you)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Qualities 2

## How to remember 容

A roof (宀) over a whole valley (谷): room to contain anything.

Parts: 宀 roof · 谷 valley

## Don't confuse it with

[溶](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/dissolve/) · [谷](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/valley/) · [欲](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/desire/) · [浴](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/bathe/)

## More in the “Qualities 2” set

[容](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/contain/) · [必](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/certainly/) · [能](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ability/) · [無](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/nothing/) · [状](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/condition/) · [可](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/possible/) · [難](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/difficult/) · [優](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/superior/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/contain/. Last updated 2026-11-01.