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膿
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脓
🇨🇳

pus

HSK 10
Human →Body
nóng
ノウ、ドウ
う.む、うみ
농
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 農 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (膿)
⺼ meat (side)+ 農 agriculture =
膿 pus
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
農 Phonetic component
agriculture
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Simplified (脓)
⺼ meat (side)+ 农 farming =
脓 pus
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
农 Phonetic component
nóng farming
variant of 農|农[nóng]
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Notes
Similar Characters
媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肚 belly肛 anus肜 to sacrifice on肝 liver肟 an organic compound肠 emotions (simp)股 thigh肢 limb肤 superficial (simp)肩 shoulder肪 animal fat肫 the gizzard of a fowl
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
膿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
脓 / 膿 [nóng]
pus
Japanese
膿 うみ 、 のう 同音

noun

  1. pus
  2. corruption; rot; evils
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
右耳からうみが出ます。
Pus is coming out of my right ear.
CHINESE WORDS (13)
脓包 [nóng​bāo] #17,676
pustule
脓肿 [nóng​zhǒng] #34,889
abscess
化脓 [huà​nóng] #41,612
to fester
化脓性 [huà​nóng​xìng] #32,348
purulent (containing pus)
流脓 [liú​nóng]
to discharge pus
溃脓 [huì​nóng]
(of a sore etc) to fester
窝脓包 [wō​nóng​bāo]
useless weakling
脓毒症 [nóng​dú​zhèng]
sepsis
脓水 [nóng​shuǐ]
pus
脓泡 [nóng​pào]
pustule
3 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (31)
膿 [うみ] #27,014
pus
化膿 [かのう] #40,112
suppuration
膿む [うむ] #46,903
to fester
膿瘍 [のうよう] #95,635
abscess
血膿 [ちうみ] #109,270
bloody pus
膿疱 [のうほう] #123,922
pustule
歯槽膿漏 [しそうのうろう] #125,222
periodontitis
膿汁 [のうじゅう] #128,068
pus
蓄膿症 [ちくのうしょう] #152,368
empyema
膿胸 [のうきょう] #186,587
pyothorax
21 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
축농증
sinus infection; sinusitis
화농
suppuration; pus; festering