U+81BF "膿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+81BF "膿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) meaning "pus" or a purulent discharge, often used in medical or biological contexts to indicate the thick fluid produced by infected tissue. In traditional Chinese culture, it appears in classical texts and compound terms related to suppuration or abscesses, deriving from the radical for flesh or body parts (⺼) combined with a phonetic component. Its pronunciation in Mandarin is "nóng" (second tone), and it remains a standard character in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese scripts, though it is less common in everyday usage than in specialized or historical writings. As part of the CJK unified ideographs block, it represents a shared element across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written languages, where it also conveys similar meanings related to infection or decay.