蓉
róng
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paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
蓉 joins 艹 plants with 容 róng, its sound part. It first named the cotton rose, then grew to 'lotus'. The sense 'minced or ground food' was borrowed for its sound alone, not for its meaning.
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