脓 meaning and stroke order
Pus
How to write 脓, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
Meaning of 脓
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- pus
How 脓 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Flesh.
⺼ gives the meaning and 农 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺼ (meat), shared by 176 characters on this site.
How to remember 脓
The flesh radical ⺼ on the left tells you this is about the body, and 农 (nóng, farming) on the right gives the sound. Picture a farmer's cut on the flesh that got infected and filled with 脓 (nóng), pus.
脓 is mostly used in medical or everyday talk about infections, often in words like 化脓 (huànóng, to fester) and 脓包 (nóngbāo, pustule). For example: 伤口化脓了。(Shāngkǒu huànóng le.) The wound has become infected and is full of pus.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes confuse 脓 with 浓 (nóng, thick or strong), which has the same sound but uses the water radical 氵. If it is about the body, use the flesh radical ⺼. If it is about tea, smell, or concentration, use 浓.
脓 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 脓
How many strokes are in 脓?
脓 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 脓 mean?
脓 (nóng) means pus.
How do you pronounce 脓?
脓 is pronounced nóng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 脓?
The radical of 脓 is ⺼, which carries the idea of "meat". Dictionaries list 脓 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 脓?
The traditional form of 脓 is 膿. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 脓 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
What does 脓包 mean when used about a person?
Literally 脓包 (nóngbāo) is a pustule or abscess. Said about a person, it is an insult meaning a useless coward or good-for-nothing.
Is 脓 used on its own in speech?
It can be, as in 流脓 (liú nóng, to ooze pus), but it usually appears in compounds like 化脓 (huànóng) or 脓肿 (nóngzhǒng, abscess). In casual speech people often just say 化脓了 to describe an infected cut.