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脏
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dirty

HSK 10
Abstract →Qualities
zāng
ソウ
きたない
Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 葬 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (髒)
骨 skeleton+ 葬 inter =
髒 dirty
骨 Meaning component
gǔ skeleton
bone
葬 Phonetic component
zàng inter
old variant of 葬[zàng]
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Simplified (脏)
⺼ meat (side)+ 庄 farmstead =
脏 internal organs, dirty
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
庄 Phonetic component
zhuāng farmstead
variant of 莊|庄[zhuāng]
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Notes
Similar Characters
滑 slippery猾 cunning鶻 a kind of pigeon (iii) (trad)鹘 a kind of pigeon (simp)骯 dirty (iii) (trad)骰 die骱 joint of bones骶 coccyx骷 skeleton骸 body骺 tip of a long bone骼 skeleton髀 thigh髁 thigh bone髂 pelvis髅 skeleton (simp)髋 hip (simp)髌 kneecap (simp)髑 skull (alt)髓 marrow
Chinese
脏 / 髒 [zāng]
dirty; filthy
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (20)
肮脏 [āng​zāng] #3,298
dirty
脏话 [zāng​huà] #6,893
profanity
弄脏 [nòng​zāng] #24,044
to make dirty
脏乱 [zāng​luàn] #30,542
dirty and disordered
脏字 [zāng​zì] #37,673
obscenity
脏兮兮 [zāng​xī​xī] #33,207
dirty
脏乱差 [zāng​luàn​chà] #61,328
(coll.) squalid
脏水 [zāng​shuǐ] #34,175
dirty water
脏病 [zāng​bìng] #44,442
(coll.) venereal disease
脏脏 [zāng​zāng] #49,391
dirty
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