栽赃
zāi​zāng

frame

栽 zāi to cultivate

Components

戈
戈 Sound component
gē spear
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsoj[ts]ˤəplant (v.)
Zhengzhangʔslɯː
zlɯːs

說文解字

築牆長版也。从木𢦔聲。《春秋傳》曰：“楚圍蔡，里而𣒭。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

赃 zāng booty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 庄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贓.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
庄
庄 Sound component
zhuāng village, farmstead

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

贓 booty Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 臧 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
臧
臧 Sound component
zāng, cáng, zàng good

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsang[ts]ˤaŋstolen goods
Zhengzhangʔsaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica