脓
膿nóng
#3,370 most
frequent character
pus
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
脓 nóng uses 月 meat as its meaning part and 农 nóng as its sound part. It first meant 'pus from an infected wound'. That grew to the general meaning 'pus'. The sounds match exactly.
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