脏乱 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

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 Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

庄 Sound component

zhuāng village, farmstead

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

luàn confusion, mess Simplified

Original meaning: untangle threads

Simplified form of 亂. Originally written as 𤔔, which depicts two hands (𠬪) untangling threads (幺) on a silk frame. 乚 was later added as a distinguishing mark. The meaning later shifted to "mess" and "confusion".

Components

舌 Simplified component

shé tongue

Shorthand for the 𤔔 component in the traditional character 亂.

乚 Distinguishing component

yǐn, yà turning stroke

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.960漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

dirty Traditional

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

Components

骨 Meaning component

gǔ, gú bone

葬 Sound component

zàng bury

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔsaːŋʔ

Sources

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

luàn confusion, mess Traditional

Original meaning: untangle threads

Originally written as 𤔔, which depicts two hands (𠬪) untangling threads (幺) on a silk frame. 乚 was later added as a distinguishing mark. The meaning later shifted to "mess" and "confusion".