懂中文 Dong Chinese

膿

nóng

pus

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 農 represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

農 sound component

農  Sound component

nóng

  

agriculture, farming

Evolution

膿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
膿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
膿 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
膿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

脓 (膿) 

nóng

pus

Most common words with 膿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

脓

pus

脓包

pustule

脓肿

abscess

化脓

to fester

化脓性

septic