nóng

pus

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

农 sound component

  Sound component

nóng

  

agriculture, farming

Evolution

脓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
脓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
脓 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
脓 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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nóng

pus

Most common words with 脓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

pus

脓包

pustule

脓肿

abscess

化脓

to fester

化脓性

septic