膿

膿

See also: 脓

膿 U+81BF, 膿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81BF ← 膾 [U+81BE] CJK Unified Ideographs 臀 → [U+81C0]

Translingual

Han character

膿 (radical 130, 肉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月廿田女 (BTWV), four-corner 7523₂, composition ⿰⺼農)

References

• KangXi: page 996, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29938
• Dae Jaweon: page 1447, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2116, character 7
• Unihan data for U+81BF

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Chinese

trad.		膿
simp.		脓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (農) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
嶩	*nuː
噥	*rnuːŋ, *nuːŋ
鬞	*rnuːŋ, *noŋ
擃	*rnuːŋʔ
齈	*noːŋs
癑	*noːŋs
農	*nuːŋ
辳	*nuːŋ
憹	*nuːŋ
膿	*nuːŋ
儂	*nuːŋ
濃	*noŋ
醲	*noŋ
襛	*noŋ, *njoŋ
穠	*noŋ, *njoŋ
檂	*noŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nóng (nong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nùng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lông / lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): long⁵ / lang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: nung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nong
    • IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nung⁴
    • Yale: nùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: nungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nung²
    • IPA: /nuŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông / lâng
    • Tâi-lô: lông / lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loong, laang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/, /laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/, /laŋ²³/

Note:

• lông - literary;
• lâng - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: long⁵ / lang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lông / lâng
    • IPA ^(key): /loŋ⁵⁵/, /laŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• long5 - literary;
• lang5 - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /nuoŋ/▼

Rime
Character	膿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	奴冬切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nuoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/nuoŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/noŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nawŋ/
Li Rong	/noŋ/
Wang Li	/nuoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/nuoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nóng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.nˤuŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	膿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nóng
Middle Chinese	‹ nowng ›
Old Chinese	/*C.nˁuŋ/
English	pus
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膿
Reading #	1/1
No.	9575
Phonetic component	農
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	農
Old Chinese	/*nuːŋ/

Definitions

膿

1. pus

   • 留意感染的徵兆，比如發燒、發紅、腫脹、灼熱、疼痛加劇、流膿或割傷部位周圍有紅色條紋等。 [MSC, trad.]
     留意感染的征兆，比如发烧、发红、肿胀、灼热、疼痛加剧、流脓或割伤部位周围有红色条纹等。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 急救基本知识, Qingdao United Family Hospital (青岛和睦家医院)

     Liúyì gǎnrǎn de zhēngzhào, bǐrú fāshāo, fāhóng, zhǒngzhàng, zhuórè, téngtòng jiājù, liú nóng huò gēshāng bùwèi zhōuwéi yǒu hóngsè tiáowén děng. [Pinyin]

     Watch for signs of infection, which are fever, redness, swelling, warmth, increasing pain, pus, or red streaks around the cut area etc.

Compounds

信口捏膿／信口捏脓 化膿／化脓 (huànóng) 捏膿／捏脓 灌膿／灌脓 煨膿／煨脓 膿包／脓包 (nóngbāo) 膿包貨／脓包货

膿團／脓团 膿毒病／脓毒病 膿泡／脓泡 膿疱病／脓疱病 膿痂疹／脓痂疹 膿皰／脓疱 (nóngpào)

膿胸／脓胸 膿腫／脓肿 (nóngzhǒng) 膿血／脓血 膿血債／脓血债 貢膿／贡脓 軟膿包／软脓包

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Japanese

Kanji

膿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. pus

Readings

• Go-on: のう (nō); の (no)
• Kan-on: どう (dō)
• Kun: うむ (umu, 膿む); うみ (umi, 膿)

Noun

膿 (hiragana うみ, rōmaji umi)

1. pus

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Korean

Hanja

膿 • (nong)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 농 (revised: nong, McCune–Reischauer: nong, Yale: nong)
  • Name (hangeul): 고름

1. Hanja form^? of 농 (“pus”).