脓
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pus
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 肉 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 膿
- Common rank
- #2,794
- Unicode
- U+8113
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Formation & memory
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Words with 脓
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化脓性 | purulent (containing pus); septic | |
| 脓毒症 | sepsis | |
| 窝脓包 | useless weakling | |
| 脓水 | pus | |
| 化脓 | to fester; to suppurate; to be infected | |
| 流脓 | to discharge pus; to suppurate | |
| 脓包 | pustule; (fig.) worthless person; a good-for-nothing; useless weakling | |
| 脓液 | pus | |
| 脓泡 | pustule; pussy pimple; same as 膿包|脓包[nong2 bao1] | |
| 脓肿 | abscess | |
| 龈脓肿 | gumboil | |
| 溃脓 | (of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate | |
| 脓疱 | pimple containing pus | |
| 脓痂疹 | impetigo (medicine) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 农 — compare how they read.