脏兮兮
zāng​xī​xī

dirty

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
Readings & variants
Unicode

兮 xī exclamatory particle

Origin unclear. Likely depicts two lines of air (八) blowing through branches (丂), indicating the sound of wind. Possibly similar in origin to 乎.

Components

八
八 IconicUnknown component
bā eight

Likely depicts two lines of air.

丂
丂 IconicUnknown component
kǎo, qiǎo, yú axe handle

Likely depicts a tree branch.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Unknown (1)

市

Meaning (1)

羲

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

㿽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthejgˤe (final particle)

說文解字

《說文》：“兮，語所稽也。从丂、八，象气越亏也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.392漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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