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脏zāng

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脏

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Shuowen

Dirty; the character depicts flesh (月, representing the body) combined with 葬 (zàng), which provides the sound and suggests burial or decay—together conveying the idea of something soiled or impure. The simplified form 脏 merges this with the related character for internal organs (臟), sharing the same phonetic component but differing in meaning through context.

Pinyin

zāng· HSK 1