贓
zāng

booty

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

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

𰷭 zāng booty Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode