肮脏
āng​zāng

despicable

肮 āng, háng, gāng dirty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound. Simplified form of 骯.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːŋ

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

脏 zàng, zāng internal organs, dirty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 庄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 髒 (dirty) and 臟 (internal organ).

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

庄
庄 Sound component
zhuāng village, farmstead

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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骯 dirty Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound.

Components

骨
骨 Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːŋʔ
ɡaːŋʔ
qaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

髒 dirty Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 葬 represents the sound.

Components

骨
骨 Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
葬
葬 Sound component
zàng bury

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaːŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang