浓

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concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 农 sound ( nóng )

Components 氵农

concentrated · Heisig RSH #409

水 water + 农 agriculture

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
血浓于水	xuè nóng yú shuǐ	blood is thicker than water; fig. family ties are closer than social relations
浓眉大眼	nóng méi dà yǎn	thick eyebrows and big eyes
露华浓	Lù huá nóng	Revlon (American brand of cosmetics)
美浓瓜	měi nóng guā	(Tw) oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group)
浓墨重彩	nóng mò zhòng cǎi	thick and heavy in colors; to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (…
火药味甚浓	huǒ yào wèi shèn nóng	strong smell of gunpowder; fig. tense situation; standoff
浓重	nóng zhòng	dense; thick; strong; rich (colors); heavy (aroma); deep (friendship); profound (effect)
浓度	nóng dù	concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution); consistency; thickness; de…
浓香	nóng xiāng	strong fragrance; pungent
浓集	nóng jí	to concentrate; to enrich
浓密	nóng mì	thick; murky
浓烟	nóng yān	thick smoke
浓汤	nóng tāng	thick soup; puree
浓缩	nóng suō	to concentrate; to condense; (nuclear energy) to enrich; espresso coffee (abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡…
高浓缩铀	gāo nóng suō yóu	highly enriched uranium (HEU)
浓厚	nóng hòu	dense; thick (fog, clouds etc); to have a strong interest in; deep; fully saturated (color…
浓淡	nóng dàn	shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
浓烈	nóng liè	strong (taste, flavor, smell)
低浓缩铀	dī nóng suō yóu	low-enriched uranium (LEU)
浓缩咖啡	nóng suō kā fēi	espresso

Characters sharing the sound component 农 — compare how they read.