脓
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pus
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,794 U+8113
How 脓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 农 (phonetic, nóng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 农
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 农 (nóng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 农 sound component | nóng | agriculture, farming; farmer |
| 浓 | nóng | concentrated, dense, strong, thick |
| 侬 | nóng | I; you; surname |
| 哝 | nóng | to whisper |
Words containing 脓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化脓性 | huà nóng xìng | purulent (containing pus); septic |
| 脓毒症 | nóng dú zhèng | sepsis |
| 窝脓包 | wō nóng bāo | useless weakling |
| 脓水 | nóng shuǐ | pus |
| 化脓 | huà nóng | to fester; to suppurate; to be infected |
| 流脓 | liú nóng | to discharge pus; to suppurate |
| 脓包 | nóng bāo | pustule; (fig.) worthless person; a good-for-nothing; useless weakling |
| 脓液 | nóng yè | pus |
| 脓泡 | nóng pào | pustule; pussy pimple; same as 膿包|脓包[nong2 bao1] |
| 脓肿 | nóng zhǒng | abscess |
| 龈脓肿 | yín nóng zhǒng | gumboil |
| 溃脓 | huì nóng | (of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate |
| 脓疱 | nóng pào | pimple containing pus |
| 脓痂疹 | nóng jiā zhěn | impetigo (medicine) |